Bolshevik seizure of power Flashcards
Who opposed Lenin’s plans for a revolution
Zinoviev and Kamenev.
Mensheviks and SR’s
How many members were there in the Military Revolutionary council, and how many were Bolshevik
66, 48 were Bolshevik
What was a constituent assembly
An elected parliament whose aim was to write a constitution
Who was the prime minister of the provisional goverment
Prince Lvov
What was the role of the zemstva during the war
sending materials and medical supplies to the war front, organising civil duties.
Who were the strongest group in the provisional government?
Kadets, led by Milyukov
Where did the provisional government meet
Tauride palace
What was the aim of the petrograd soviet
to protect workers interests and challenge the provisional government
how many members did the soviet initially have?
1300
Who dominated the petrograd soviet
The Mensheviks
What was the Soviet Order No. 1
all areas of military should appoint committees
Duma orders only carried out when not contradicting soviets order
Arms shouldn’t be handed to officers
honorary titles removed
What was the situation where both Duma and soviet were ruling
Dual power
What did lenin publish when he returned to Russia and what did these outline
April thesis- Bolshevik policy: all power to the Soviets, peace bread and land.
What was contained in Soviet order No.1
soldiers form committees, no rank, maintain control of their weapons and only obey the state duma if it did not contradict the soviet.
Who was the only person in both the duma and the ptg soviet
kerensky
When was the Kornilov affair
September 1917
What was the Kornilov affair
Disagreement between Kerensky and leading officer, Kornilov. Kornilov leads army towards Petrograd. Kerensky fends him off and has him arrrested
How did kerensky put down the Kornilov affair and why did this affect him negatively.
He armed Bolshevik militias which would later oust him in the October revolution
What outcomes did the bolsheviks gain from the kornilov affair
164% increase in support. 10000 armed ‘red guards’. lack of support for kerensky. mensheviks and SR seen as associates of kerensky
how many bolsheviks were armed to put down kornilov
10000
What were the july days
a series of riots in which the bolsheviks were blamed for causing unrest and many leading bolsheviks, such as trotsky .
What was the problem faced by the pg with land
peasants had stared forcibly undergoing ‘land transfers’ wherein they seized land from wealthy land owners due to little repercussions from the government, however, the bolsheviks promised to allow this transfer.
Who opposed the October revolution
Zinoviev and Kamenev
Who oversaw the military side of the october revolution
MRC- military revolutionary committee- 66 members- 48 bolshevik- led by trotsky
how many red guards, sailors and soldiers were controlled by the MRC
200000 red guards, 60000 sailors 150000 soldiers
Which naval base rebelled to join the Oct rev and what ship did they bring
Kronstadt, the Aurora
How did the MRC take control of the government`
Siege of the winter palace, took a long time, but faced little resistance. eventually stormed, arrested pg and established soviet control
when did the MRC claim control over the nation
26th OCtober 1917
When was the lena goldfields massacre
1912
