The events of 24-26 October and the formation of the Bolshevik government
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- The events of 24-26 October and the formation of the Bolshevik government
- The fall of the PG
- The first phase of the seizure of power occured when soldiers loyal to the MRC occupied the post and telegraph officers, as well as railway stations.
- Here the Bolsheviks extended their control over the city's infrastructure.
- This prevented the PG from gathering help.
- Here the Bolsheviks extended their control over the city's infrastructure.
- The PG was based in the Winter Palace.
- The battleship Aurora bgean the assault by opening fire on the Palace.
- Trotsky and the Red Guard successfully arrested the majority of the PG.
- The battleship Aurora bgean the assault by opening fire on the Palace.
- On 25th October the MRC announced that the PG had been 'deposed'.
- Kerensky fled Petrograd with the support of the American Embassy.
- The first phase of the seizure of power occured when soldiers loyal to the MRC occupied the post and telegraph officers, as well as railway stations.
- Lenin's new government
- The storming of the Winter Palace took place on the day that the Second Congress of Soviets opened.
- The Bolsheviks didn't have a majority of support at the Second Congress of Soviets.
- (Only 300 out of 670 delegates supported the Bolsheviks)
- The Bolsheviks didn't have a majority of support at the Second Congress of Soviets.
- Creating Sovnarkom
- News that Lenin and Trotsky had successfully seized power was greeted by cheers from the Congress.
- However, some Mensheviks and SRs walked out of the Congress in protest.
- This reduced Menshevik and SR representation and gave the Bolsheviks the majority at the Congress.
- Thus, Lenin was able to get support for the creation of a new Bolshevik-dominated government.
- This reduced Menshevik and SR representation and gave the Bolsheviks the majority at the Congress.
- However, some Mensheviks and SRs walked out of the Congress in protest.
- The Congress of Soviets voted to create a new constitution.
- At the top of the new government was the Sovnarkom.
- (the Council of People's Commissars)
- Lenin acted as a chairman of the Sovnarkom and was the overall leader of the new government.
- At the top of the new government was the Sovnarkom.
- News that Lenin and Trotsky had successfully seized power was greeted by cheers from the Congress.
- The storming of the Winter Palace took place on the day that the Second Congress of Soviets opened.
- Constituent Assembly Elections
- Following the October Revolution, Lenin claimed that Sovnarkom was the legitimate government of Russia.
- However, in reality the Bolsheviks had little control of the life outside the capital.
- Lenin faced a series of obstacles in establishing a new government.
- Dealing with the elections to the Consitutent Assembly was the first major challenge facing the new government.
- Lenin refused to cancel the elections.
- The Bolsheviks had criticised the PG for postponing the elections.
- Thus, cancelling them would have made the Bolsheviks look like hypocrites.
- Additionally, by mid-Novermber the Sovnarkom didn't have the power to stop the elections taking place.
- The Bolsheviks had criticised the PG for postponing the elections.
- Election results
- The elections were a clear victory for the SRs.
- While the Bolsheviks won less than 1/4 of the vote, the November result marked the high point of Bolshevik support.
- From December 1917, popular support for Lenin and his party declined.
- While the Bolsheviks won less than 1/4 of the vote, the November result marked the high point of Bolshevik support.
- Srs
- Bolsheviks
- Kadets
- Mensheviks
- 3.2%
- 4.5%
- Mensheviks
- 22.5%
- Kadets
- 39.5%
- Bolsheviks
- The elections were a clear victory for the SRs.
- The consequences of the election
- The election results demonstrated that the SRs were clearly Russia's most popular party.
- However, the Bolsheviks were in a reasonably strong position:
- The SRs were split and therefore weak.
- The Left SRs supported the Sovnarkom.
- The first Sovnarkom was a coalition of Left SRs and Bolsheviks.
- Thus, Lenin could claim that the Sovnarkom was a coalition of Russia's two most popular parties.
- The first Sovnarkom was a coalition of Left SRs and Bolsheviks.
- While the elections took place in November, the new Assembly was not due to meet until January
- This allowed Lenin to postpone conflict between the Boshevik-dominated Sovnarkom and the new Assembly.
- However, the Bolsheviks were in a reasonably strong position:
- The election results demonstrated that the SRs were clearly Russia's most popular party.
- Following the October Revolution, Lenin claimed that Sovnarkom was the legitimate government of Russia.
- The fall of the PG
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