Chapter 4 - October/November Revolution 1917 Flashcards
What did Kerensky order the printers to do?
. Ordered for the printers of the Bolshevik newspapers to cease activities
What happened on the 24th of October?
. 5000 soldiers and sailors from Kronstadt moved to the city
. Bolshevik Red Guards took over government buildings and positions in Petrograd.
What happened on the 25th of October?
Red Guard soldiers surrounded the Winter Palace
What happened on the 26th of October?
. Announced the seizure of the Winter Palace
. Lenin’s decree on peace issued
What happened of the 27th of October?
. Decree on Land issued
. Sovnarkom was created which included the Bolsheviks with Lenin becoming the chairman.
What did Trotsky claim about the revolution?
. Only 25,000 to 30,000 people were involved which
. Accounted for 5% of the total workers
What was the Sovnarkom?
. The Soviet of People’s Commissars
. Lenin had no intention to share power and they met once or twice a day
Where did Kerensky set up a new headquarter?
Gatchina
What happened on the 29th of October?
An army rising against the Bolsheviks which was easily defeated by the Red Guards
What happened on the 31st of October?
Bolsheviks took control of Baku in 17 provincial capitals
What happened on the 2nd of November?
Kerensky’s forces were defeated
What happened on the 3rd of November?
. The Kremlin in Moscow was taken
. Lenin issued an ultimatum which led to Kamenev, Zinoviev, and Rykov all left.
What happened on the 5th of November?
Lenin proclaimed victory in the revolution
What was the Worker’s Decree?
This allowed for there to be an 8 hour work day
What other decrees did Lenin issue?
. decree on peace which put an end to war
. The Decree on Land abolished private ownership
. A decree to outlaw sex discrimination, which gave women equal rights.
