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Russia Section 4 (Lenin and the Bolsheviks (Lenin was sent back to Russia…
Russia Section 4
Lenin and the Bolsheviks
Lenin was sent back to Russia on the 3rd of April 1917, this changed everything, and he as compared to a virus. He also released an April Thesis statingthat the Bolsheviks were the only truly revolutionary proletarian party they must abandon cooperation with all other parties, work for a true revolution entirely by their own efforts. He also stated they they should work to overthrow the prevision govermant and take power themselves.
Lenin saw the Soviet as a power base, trough which the Bolsheviks could take power. Lenin further tried to gain power through the slogan Bread, Peace Land, and all power to the soviets.
Stalin and Kamenivev first took and anti Lenin Line when they first as he was abroad and he was saying that the Bolsheviks should work to undermine the army command and end the war and that the Bolsheviks should not work with the other parties or the Provisional Government.
At first the ignored key issue such as the land but they soon saw the peasants as a revolutionary force, because they soon started supporting the Peasants issues shown with the slogan peace Bread Land.
Goverment
The War was a massive stopping point for the Provisional Government, because if they stayed they would lose the support of the country, they they sue for peace lose the power of the allies and get strong demands from Germany. They chose to stay.
Alexander Kerensky was a massive figure of power during this period, and gained lots of support from the right wing, as he was strongly pro war.
The Issue of Land was still a massive issue for the Provisional Government because Many peasants had expected to be granted the land that they had long wanted and were angry that they were not. But many members of the Provisional Government were themselves landowners, so they did not want to lose land
The Provisional government led by Alexander Lvov had 2 key weaknesses, it was not an elected body, and because if the Petro-Grad soviet withdrew the support then they would collapse they were limited in the amount they could do. this is shown by order number 1 in military matters, the orders of the Provisional Government were only to be followed if they did not conflict with the orders and decrees of the Soviet.
The Petro-grad soviet twas very popular through Russia with other Soviets being set up constantly. Despite all of this the reletinship was still strong between the soviet and government. However this changed when the the Provisional Government moved to the right and the Petrograd Soviet moved to the left. And War and Land was a massive cause to their downfall.
Bolshevik gaines
After the all Russian Congress and the constituent assembly Lenin was convinced that the time was right to take over kerensky after seeing this weakness tried the strengthen the government by making a pre parliament not successful and was only mocked by the bolsheviks
Lenin moved back to petrograd on the 7th October to try and convince the Bolshevik committee to commit to the October rising Kerensky tried to make a pre government however it was simply mocked by the Bolsheviks and after Kerensky tried to arrest the Bolsheviks they went ahead a took power, leading to the losers being condemned to the dustbin of History.
After the Kornilov affair they were back in a key position of power this allowed Lenin to reform the Bolshevik party, and because the war was still going the support for the provisional government was wavering
Uprisings
The Kornilov affair was a massive and major key turning point for the Bolsheviks at this time as it put them back on the road to overthrow the provisional government. He attempted to move his troops via the train into Petrobras, Kerensky armed all the militias in the city including the Bolsheviks, who were now out of prison and renamed and ready to rebell
The uprising was stopped as the train drivers refused to take them to Petrograd, however the bolsheviks were now the bigger problem
July Days
July days failed because of The demonstrations turned into a direct challenge to the Provisional Government but the uprising was disorganized and easily crushed by Kerensky. This caused lots of disagreement between the Bolsheviks and Mensheviks, as each blamed the other for staring the Revolution If anything this proved the weakness of opposition and highlighted the weakness of the Bolsheviks.
The July days were from the 3-6th of July 1917, and were mass unrest across the country as a result as the lack of leadership. This was key in highlighting the massive dispute through The spread of Soviets, worker control of the factories, widespread seizure of land by the peasants and internal government disputes, and this helped make Lenin and the Bolsheviks more powerful.
Kerensky used the July days to further his power and crack down on the Bolsheviks, shutting down the Pravda and major training facilities, and he tried to portray them as German traitors