The Esablishment of Bolshevik Authority
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- Created on: 06-06-17 22:16
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- The Est of Bolshevik Authority
- Bolshevik attack Prov Govt
- 24th October MRC started attack
- Prov Govt soldiers didn't resist
- Supported by Petrograd Garrison
- MRC occupied post and telegraph offices and railway stations
- Allowed control of Petrograd infrastructure
- Prov Govt based in Winter Palace
- Battleship Auroa fired blank shot to signal beginning
- Defended by female troops outnumbered by MRC
- Majority Prov Govt arrested by Red Guard
- 25th October Prov Govt 'deposed;
- Kerensky fled supported by American Embassy
- Sovnarkom
- 25th October Second All Russian Congress met and cheered at news
- Some Mensheviks and SR walked out
- Gave Bolshevik majority and Lenin support of new govt
- Some Mensheviks and SR walked out
- The Congress of Soviets voted for new constitition
- Sovnarkom (Chaired by Lenin) - The All Russian Congress (Bolshevik dominated) - City, village and local soviets
- 25th October Second All Russian Congress met and cheered at news
- Decrees and action to December 1917
- New govt fragile
- Limited to Petrograd and Moscow + surrounding countryside
- 300/670 supported Bolsheviks but majority supported Lenin's policies
- Decree on Peace- ended involvement in WW1 and govt to seek peace
- Decree on Land- Authourised peasent seizure of land, local soviets to supervise immediate land reforms
- New govt fragile
- Bolshevik attack Prov Govt
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