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How did Bolsheviks stay in power? - Coggle Diagram
How did Bolsheviks stay in power?
Weak opposition
unable to coordinated action agianst govt
power of Soviet had diminished so there was no serious contender on left to challenge B power
Political misjudgements
SR and Mensheviks did not take violent action because they thought B govt would colllapse quickly and CA would triumph
underestimated B capacity to survive
Attacks on opposition
B moved quickly to deal with opposition
closed down opposition press
arrested key figures in other political parties
closed down CA by force before it could get underway
set up Cheka to make arrests and deal with demonstrators and protestors
Collapse of army
officers and conservative forces could nt count on any loyal troops to attack B
workers and peasants distracted
declining living conditions and disillusion with revolution made it difficult to rouse anybody to action
attention of urban workers was more focused on keeping their own factories going and keeping their jobs
peasants were only concerned with land chaos going on the city was largely irrelevant to them
concessions to urban workers and peasants
Lenin initially gave urban workers and peasants what they wanted eg. workers' control, 8-hr working day, land and peace etc so there were real gains for these groups after Oct '17
use of class warfare
effective in delecting antagonism onto bourgeousie
brought support form large sections of working class who revelled in turning table on rich and wealthy