LENIN'S RETURN RUSSIA 1917
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- Created on: 05-04-17 17:58
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- Impacts of Lenin's return, April 1917
- Background
- Supported Marxism
- Realised that population made revolution impossible
- Argued revolution would need to be led by an elite group
- 1903-His views caused a split in Russian Social Democrat Party
- His party-Bolsheviks, elite leadership for revolution
- Supported Marxism
- Return from exile
- Had been living in Switzerland
- German gov supported his return
- April 3rd 1917
- Because he opposed Russian involvement in WW1
- Lenin's impact
- 21 April-Bolsheviks sent into factories to gain support for strikes
- Attempt to overthrow Prov Gov
- Bolsheviks had limited impact
- Lenin's leadership threatened Prov Gov
- 21 April-Bolsheviks sent into factories to gain support for strikes
- April Theses
- Promise of 'Peace, Land and Bread' and declared 'All Power to the Soviets'
- Very appealing to the country
- Lenin showed failure of Prov Gov
- Argued Prov Gov was too influenced by middle class
- Promise of 'Peace, Land and Bread' and declared 'All Power to the Soviets'
- June Offensive
- Before July Days, Bolsheviks had little progress
- Membership 10,000
- Prov Gov supported offensive against Austro-Hungarian forces
- Bolsheviks didnt have input before June Offensive so benefitted as more support
- Before July Days, Bolsheviks had little progress
- Impact of June Offensive
- Prov Gov and Petrograd Soviets saw Bolsheviks as a threat
- Troops remained loyal to gov, Bolshevik take over failed
- Background
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