Bolshevik Seizure of Power 4
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- Created on: 29-01-15 10:30
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Reasons for Bolshevik Success
Changing circumstances
- Early 1917 Bolshevik most unlikely group to overthrow PG
- Before Lenin returned, Kamenev and Zinoviev supported PG
- Until August, all Bolshevik efforts failed
- Kornilov Affair gave Bolsheviks opportunity to appear as defenders of the PG against the Army
- Weapons from Government to launch armed uprising, PG looked weak/dependent on Bolsheviks
Timing
- Claimed they were acting on behalf of Soviet…
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