The July Days 1917

Why did the July Days occur?
1. PG launched the June offensive.
  1. Disaster which led to mass desertions and a breakdown of discipline in the Russian army.
2. Authority of PG weakened = Lenin use the failure of the June Offensive to plan a bid for power.
July Days 3-6 July 1917?
1. 3rd July
  1. Afternoon - thousands of workers taken to street to demonstrate outside PG and Petrograd Soviet.
  2. Bought PG and Soviet together
    1. Appealed for workers not to demonstrate - Saw Bolsheviks as threat to authority.
      1. Tried to restore order.
2. 4th July
  1. Bolsheviks supported more demonstrations.
    1. 50000 armed people surrounding Soviet headquarters.
      1. Waiting for order to occupy - no order = crowd dispersed.
3. 5th July
  1. Sent troops to Petrograd to restore order.
    1. Troops won over neutral soldiers - Bolsheviks call off demonstrations.
4. 6th July
  1. Troops surrounded Bolshevik headquarters - 500 inside arrested.
    1. Warrant for Lenin's arrest.
How did the July Days affect the Bolsheviks?
1. Major setback.
  1. Bolshevik leaders either in prison or on the run.
  2. The state and revolution - idea of revolution in near future out of question.
2. Lenin's idea to demonstrate against PG and Soviet to overthrow them.
  1. Instead united PG and soviet.
3. Lenin accused of treason and branded a traitor - German spy?

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