Bolsheviks

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Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks?
Lenin
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What did Lenin belief a revolutionary party should be?
be made up of a small number of highly disciplined professional revolutionaries
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What book did Lenin write in 1902?
'What is to be done?' [1902]
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What was the Bolshevik membership statistic in October 1917?
250,000
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Did the Bolsheviks lead the July days?
No, the Bolsheviks were not yet ready to seize power and Lenin was not in Petrograd at the time.
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What did the people call the Bolsheviks after their involvement in the Kornilov Affair?
'saviours of the city' and the 'true defenders of the revolution.'
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What was Lenin's ideological speech called?
The 'April Theses'
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Summarise the 'April Theses' with the three slogans
"BREAD, PEACE AND LAND!"
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When did the Bolsheviks gain full control of the Petrograd Soviet?
9th September 1917
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Who were the Red Guards?
Workers aimed and trained by the Bolsheviks
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How many Bolsheviks made up the minority in the second All Russian-Congress of Soviets session on October 26th?
360 Bolshevik Representatives
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What is the famous event that represents the seizure of the Provisional Government at the Winter Palace called?
The 'Storming of the Winter Palace'
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How many made the Bolsheviks and other revolutionaries attacking force during the 'Storming of the Winter Palace'?
40,000
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What percentage had Bolshevik support increased by between June and December?
164%
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What was the 'Sovnarkom'?
The Council of the People's Commisionars - the top Bolshevik governing body
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Who was made Minister of Foreign Affairs?
Leon Trotsky
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What were the four decrees passed called?
The decree on peace
The decree on land
The decree on worker's control
The decree on the rights of the people of Russia
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Who were Zinoviev and Kamenev?
Important Bolshevik leaders who were opposed the idea of the Bolsheviks seizing power on their own
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When was the Cheka set up?
6th December 1917
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