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THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION - Coggle Diagram
THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION
THE FEBRUARY REVOLUTION (1917)
The February Revolution had triumphed.
Lenin presented the April Theses in front of representatives from the whole of Russia gathered at the Conference of Soviets
Both tried to give political direction to the revolution and agreed to form a Provisional Government
LENIN (1870–1924)
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, Lenin, was a brilliant law student. An active member of the Bolshevik Party since its foundation, he endured years of exile
THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION (1917)
Alexander Kerenski, entrusted the supreme command of the army to General Kornilov, who tried to overthrow the government
From the Smolny Institute, seat of the Petrograd Soviet (formerly St. Petersburg), the Bolsheviks organised the October Revolution
The following day, warning shots from the cruiser Aurora announced the triumph of the revolution and with it spread the idea that a communist revolution was beginning worldwide
THE FIRST REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT
On 26 October, the Congress of Soviets constituted a government, the Soviet of People’s Commissars or Sovnarkom, chaired by Lenin, and the first decrees were signed.
Decree on Peace
Decree of Land
Economic decrees
Decree of the right of self-determination
Decree of the Tcheka
Decrees for the emancipation of women
THE CONGRESS OF THE SOVIETS
Set up at the Conference of Soviets, this was the assembly of representatives from all local councils constituted by the people in Russia
The Congress made laws and elected members of the Sovnarkom. In October 1917, the Bolsheviks became the majority
TROTSKY (1879–1940)
Lev D. Bronstein, known as Trotsky, came from a family of Jewish peasants
