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THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION
February revolution (1917)
General demoralisation and a war marked by defeats when the government introduced ration cards
Striking workers and women led popular demonstrations
The forces of order and the Duma aligned with the revolutionaries
February Revolution had triumphed
Two poles of power would emerge from the political space left by tsar
one liberal, the Duma
other revolutionary, the Soviet
Both tried to give political direction to the revolution and agreed to form a Provisional Government
establish democratic freedoms, form a constituent assembly and grant political amnesty
Lenin presented the April Theses in front of representatives from the whole of Russia gathered at the Conference of Soviets
October revolution
Alexander Kerenski entrusted the supreme command of the army to General Kornilov
tried to overthrow the government and install a military dictatorship, new revolution
The Bolshevicks organised the October Revolution
Revolutionary troops occupied the strategic points of the city
A communist revolution was beginning worldwide
First revolutionary government
Decree on Peace, to end the war
Decree of Land
Economic decrees, control of companies by the workers
Decree of the right of self-determination
Decree of the Tcheka, political police
Decrees for the emancipation of women
Elections by universal suffrage were held to elect a Constituent Assembly
March 1918, Lenin signed a peace treaty with Germany: Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
