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Mind Map by Katie Mortley, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Katie Mortley
about 11 years ago
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October 1917 Revolution
- Bolsheviks
- Had 250,000
members
- Were producing 41
newspapers across Russia
- Recruited 10,000 elite ‘Red Guards’ in
Petrograd’s factories – given guns by
Kerensky during the Kornilov Affair
- Popularity at an all time high
- Had 250,000
members
- Provisional Government failed to tackle the most
pressing issues: food shortages, inflation, land
questions and the continuation of the War
- Little support for the
Provisional
Government in
Petrograd
- A virtually bloodless affair
- The elections for the Constituent
Assembly would take place on
12th November 1917
- Kornilov Affair made the Provisional Government
look weak and dependent on the strong Bolsheviks
- Timed their seizure
of power very
cleverly
- Claimed
that they
were acting
on behalf of
the Soviet
- Kerensky knew that the Bolsheviks
were planning some kind of takeover
but did not act decisively
- Praise for smooth execution - Trotsky
- Did not act on behalf of the Soviets like
they said that they would
- Kerensky tried to shut down 2
Bolshevik newspapers – excuse
to act
- Takeover organised with great efficiency
- As a result of the Kornilov Affair, the Bolsheviks were
given weapons by the PG necessary to launch a
successful armed uprising
- 26th October –
Lenin announced
that the Provisional
Government had
been overthrown
- Last attempt of the Provisional Government
to regain control of Russia
- 30th October – a large but disorganised force of
Red Guards defeated a Cossack attack at Pulkovo
Heights, just outside Petrograd
- 28th October – Cossack
troops advanced on the city
- 10th October – Lenin leaves
his hiding place to travel to
Petrgrad
- Officer Cadets, loyal to the Provisional Government, attempted an uprising within the city – put down by the Red Guards
- Kerensky able to win some support from some army units outside the
Capital
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