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THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION
THE FEBRUARY REVOLUTION (1917)
general demoralisation and a war marked by defeats
trigger for the new revolutionary outbreak was when the government introduced ration cards
cards allowed families to acquire a small quantity of provisions to be able to subsist in times of scarcity.
February 1917, striking workers and women led popular demonstrations with the slogan of the Bolsheviks ‘peace, bread and land’
afterwards, the demonstrations resulted in a general revolutionary strike
some moments of indecision, the forces of order and the Duma, aligned with the revolutionaries
the tsar realised that he no longer had support, he was obliged to abdicate
Both tried to give political direction to the revolution and agreed to form a Provisional Government which would establish democratic freedoms, form a constituent assembly and grant political amnesty.
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THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION (1917)
During the summer, the head of government, Alexander Kerenski, entrusted the supreme command of the army to General Kornilov,
tried to overthrow the government and install a military dictatorship.
Lenin felt the time had come and made the decision to move to an armed uprising.
From the Smolny Institute, seat of the Petrograd Soviet (formerly St. Petersburg), the Bolsheviks organised the October Revolution.
During the night of 24–25 October, according to the Russian calendar
THE FIRST REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT
first decrees were signed
Economic decrees
Decree of the right of self-determination
Decree of Land
Decree of the Tcheka
Decree on Peace
Decrees for the emancipation of women
universal suffrage were held to elect a Constituent Assembly
hese elections were won in January 1918 by the Socialist Revolutionary Party
The Bolsheviks dissolved the Constituent Assembly by force
ad been electoral fraud and that the true representation of the people was in the Congress of Soviets
