Between the Revolutions P2 Flashcards
Red Guards first formed:
April 28 1917
Kerensky becomes Prime Minister:
8 July 1917
Kerensky in a passionate speech:
“For the sake of the nation’s life it is necessary to restore the army’s will to die”
When the June Offensive began, more than … soldiers had deserted their post
170,000 soldiers had deserted
The July Days was on:
3-6 Jul 1917
July Days resulted in:
700 deaths of either civilians, Bolshevik strikers and mutinying soldiers
After the July Days there was only … Bolsheviks left in the city
500
In … there was … Bolshevik members
April 1917 there was 100,000 Bolshevik members
Kerensky declares on … that Kornilov has…
27 August 1917, Kornilov has “stripped troops from the front and sent them against the capital”
Kerensky orders the distribution of … rifles around Petrograd
40,000
Kornilov arrested:
2 September 1917
Kerensky on the Kornilov affair:
It was “the prelude to the October Revolution”
Lenin on the Kornilov Affair:
“History will not forgive us if we do not assume power”