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05 THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION
THE FEBRUARY REVOLUTION (1917)
a period whith economic hardship
general demoralisation
and a war marked by defeats
the government introduced ration cards
these cards allowed families
to subsist in times of scarcity.
In February 1917
striking workers and women
led popular demonstrations
with the slogan of the Bolsheviks
‘peace, bread and land
strikes resulted
in a general revolutionary strike
tsar no longer had support
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Two poles of power agreed to form
a Provisional Government
which would establish democratic freedoms
form a constituent assembly
and grant political amnesty.
The amnesty allowed Lenin
to return from his exile in Switzerland.
THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION (1917)
The Provisional Government
tried to boost the war effort
which increased social tension
during the summer
Alexander Kerenski
entrusted the supreme command
of the army to General Kornilov
tried to overthrow the government
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the Bolsheviks organised
the October Revolution
during the night of 24–25 October
revolutionary troops occupied
the strategic points of the city
took the Winter Palace
and dismissed the Provisional Government
he spread the communist idea
THE FIRST REVOLUTIONARY GOVERMENT
in March 1918
Lenin signed
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
inmediate end
of the war for Russia
THE CONGRESS OF SOVIETS
Assembly of representatives
from all local councils
constitutes by people of Russia
only
workers
soldiers
peasants
TROTSKY
in 1917
inportant posts
in the Bolshevik party
he signed the
Treaty oof Brest-Litvosk
in 1918
also organised the red army