-Appeal to soldiers - PG wanted to continue war - Telegram revealed that PG annexationist: Milyukov replaced by Kerensky
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Bread
-Appeal proleriat -Inflation, crippled railways, no grain -PG increased income tax -Printed money - Wages fell by 50%, bread prices x3, increased support for Bolsheviks
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Land
-Appeal to peasants - They expected radical land reform after fall of tsar - PG thought giving more land to peasants would lead to mass desertions
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Causes of the July Days
-Grain prices in Petrograd x2 - Fuel and raw material shortages caused closure of 586 factories: 100,000 jobs lost -People demanded price controls
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Events during the July Days
-20,000 armed sailors demonstrated in Kronstadt with Bolshevik slogans - Spread to centre of Petrograd -Shots fired at demonstrators -PG supported by Mensh + SRs reinforced -Bolsh helped force demonstrators out of Peter+Paul fortress
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Consequences of the July Days
-Pravda offices closed -Warrant for Bolsh leaders arrest -Lenin, Stalin fled (lower reputation for Lenin) -8 July Kerensky replaced Lvov as PM -Bolsh blamed and people thought it was all over for Bolsheviks.
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Kornilov Coup
-Right wing attempt to overthrow PG
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Causes of the Kornilov Coup
-Officers feared that ill-discipline was responsible for losses -Demanded death penalty -Demanded abolition of soldier's committees made during Feb revolution
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Consequences of the Kornilov Coup
-Kornilov removed from pos -Support for Bolsheviks -Plea for Bolshevik help had re-armed them -Released Bolshevik prisoners (Trotsky) -Public support for PG reduced
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Card 2
Front
-Appeal proleriat -Inflation, crippled railways, no grain -PG increased income tax -Printed money - Wages fell by 50%, bread prices x3, increased support for Bolsheviks
Back
Bread
Card 3
Front
-Appeal to peasants - They expected radical land reform after fall of tsar - PG thought giving more land to peasants would lead to mass desertions
Back
Card 4
Front
-Grain prices in Petrograd x2 - Fuel and raw material shortages caused closure of 586 factories: 100,000 jobs lost -People demanded price controls
Back
Card 5
Front
-20,000 armed sailors demonstrated in Kronstadt with Bolshevik slogans - Spread to centre of Petrograd -Shots fired at demonstrators -PG supported by Mensh + SRs reinforced -Bolsh helped force demonstrators out of Peter+Paul fortress
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