AS FP1 : October Revolution Flashcards
How many people did Trotsky claim were involved in the revolution?
25,000 to 30,000 (at most)
- 5 % of workers in Petrograd
What is the estimate for the number of soldiers in front of the Winter Palace?
10,000 to 15,000
What did Fiehn say about the number of people surrounding the palace during the revolution?
That many were just “bystanders”.
How long did it take for the Bolsheviks to gain control of Petrograd?
3 days
(25-27th October)
How many people died?
5 people died.
How did Trotsky describe the revolution?
That the revolution was essentially a series of “small operations, calculated and prepared in advance”.
How long did Tsereteli, leader of the Mensheviks, predict that the Bolsheviks would last?
3 weeks
How many delegates were in the All Russian Congress of Soviets?
670 Delegates, 500 of whom voted for a socialist government.
How often did Sovnarkom meet?
Once or twice a day - meaning that the soviet met less frequently and became obsolete.
How did Fiehn describe the Bolshevik state?
A state which was “Inherently tyrnanical and dictorial.”
How did historian Pomomarev describe the proletariat?
He described the proletariat as the “prime motive force of the entire social and political development of the country”.
