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How did the Bolsheviks seize the power in 1917? - Coggle Diagram
How did the Bolsheviks seize the power in 1917?
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impact of ww2
The war left many of the peasants broke as well as the working classes.
1,700,000 soldiers dead by end of 1917.
There were shortages of rifles and
munitions
Military leadership was bad – the Tsar
took personal command in 1915.
The Russian forces had been pushed by
the Germans into their own territory.
Inflation led to prices quadrupling
between 1914 and 1917.
There was a widespread hunger and food shortages at home
When the tsar took personal command, he left his wife in charge who was under the spell of Rasputin.
failure of provisional government
Not all Russians accepted the Provisional Government because they thought that it was the Petrograd Soviets that represented them.
At the time of the February Revolution, which overthrew the Tsar, the Bolsheviks were still relatively weak. The chances of the Bolsheviks ever attaining power in Russia seemed remote.
But in late 1917, Bolshevik leader Lenin decided that the conditions in Russia were ripe for revolution.
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role of bolshevik party
Lenin's arrival helped the Bolsheviks seize the power because he asked people to support the Bolsheviks.
Lenin set out his April Theses which set out the main points of the Bolsheviks position.
He called for an end to the war and demanded power should be given to the Soviets - elected committees of workers, peasants and soldiers.
The Bolsheviks gained increasing support among workers and soldiers with their slogan "All Power To The Soviets"
In July 1917 the Bolsheviks tried to take control of the Government but were defeated and Lenin was forced to leave the country and flee to Finland. Kerensky had turned public opinion against him by accusing him of being in the pay of the Germans
petrograd soviet
The petrograd soviets had the support of the major workers like railway men and the soldiers
Inflation grew worse, food shortages, and peasants began to seize land.
The new government didn’t end the war – soldiers and sailors began to
mutiny.
As regards land reform, the government decided to wait until a ‘Constituent
Assembly’ was elected in November.
In Petrograd the real power lay in the hands of the Soviet which had been formed in March 1917. Since Kerensky was a leading member of the Soviet, the Provisional Government was supported at first, but soon lost support
A network of soviets was established - the Petrograd Soviet became the alternative government. Workers were told to strike. The petrograd Sovet issued Order No. 1, which said soldiers should not obey the Provisional Government if opposed by the Petrograd soviet.
revolutionary parties
The main Revolutionary Parties were taken by surprise – this was
a real people’s revolution
The Provisional Government faced opposition from the
Revolutionaries, who wanted power for themselves.
The SRP wanted a peasants' revolt
The SDLP wanted to set up a state based on communism.
The SDLP in 1903 split into two groups. The Mensheviks and the
Bolsheviks. Lenin led the Bolsheviks.
During the war, Lenin was in exile in Switzerland. When the "February" revolution came he returned to Russia to rally the Bolshevik's cause.
1917 because they hoped he would cause another revolution and
that Russia would end the war.