The Esablishment of Bolshevik Authority

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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
      • The Congress of Soviets voted for new constitition
        • Sovnarkom (Chaired by Lenin) - The All Russian Congress (Bolshevik dominated)  - City, village and local soviets
    • 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

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