How the Bolsheviks were successful in the October Revolution of 1917
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- October Revolution of 1917 - Russia in Revolution
- How the Bolsheviks were able to seize power
- Policies
- Bolsheviks Slogan: 'Peace, Bread, Land'
- Catered to the people: Soldiers wanted peace as they tired from war, Everyone wanted bread as they were starving, peasants wanted land.
- Bolsheviks went against everything the PG wanted. PG get discredited whilst B get elevated.
- 'All Power to the Soviets'
- What the workers wanted, not shared power, power to the soviets.
- PG did nothing to help the people. Bolsheviks didn't work with anyone else, so not associated with PG.
- Bolsheviks Slogan: 'Peace, Bread, Land'
- Leadership
- Lenin = sense of urgency. Constituent Assembly in November. B needed to take power before then.
- Lenin recognised peasants as a revolutionary force.
- Lenin had determination and adaptability
- Organisation
- Trotsky - chairman of PG in Sept 1917.
- Trotsky previously head of Trokia - control MRC - arrested disloyal people - loyal to B
- Orchastrates seizure of power. Plans vantage points and use of red guards
- Trotsky - chairman of PG in Sept 1917.
- Propaganda
- Iskra - newspaper supporting B
- Tobacco Factory which put B messages in packaging
- Policies
- Weaknesses & Mistakes of PG
- Didn't rally effective military support in its hours of need.
- Unable to arose genuine enthusiasm for the PG
- Came nowhere near close to solving Russia's problems. Economically incompetent & militarily incapable
- Kornilov Affair & Summer Offensive
- PG was an interim G. Not meant to last. Had no right to exercise the authority that belonged to the Constituent Assembly.
- Lack of challenge from other parties
- Other parties had accepted Feb as a genuine rev and co-operated with the PG.
- SR prepared to enter into coalition with the Kadets and await the covening of the Con Assembly.
- Mensheviks judged that Russia didn't have a proletariat force large enough, so aligned themselves with other parties.
- How the Bolsheviks were able to seize power
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