Developments between the revolutions Flashcards
Size of Bolshevik party during feb revolution
23,000
Bolshevik representation in the soviet
40/1500
Who was in control of the party newspaper, Pravda
Stalin
When did Lenin return to Russia
3 April 1917
Why did the Germans allow Lenin to pass back into Russia
They believed the Bolsheviks would stir up trouble
Demands made in Lenin’s April Thesis
End the war
All power to the soviets
Reallocation of land
Criticisms of Lenin’s thesis by the Social Democrats
He had grown out of touch during his years in exile
Allegations that Lenin was influenced by the Germans
Mensheviks feared he would undermine their progress
Speaking out of tern for a such a small party
Concessions made by Lenin
He abandoned his call for the immediate overthrow of the Provisional government
Milyukov and Guchkov’s rsignations
Resigned after unpopular policy of winning the war at all costs
Introduction of socialists in the cabinet
Moved the PG more left with the introduction of 4 socialists
Power of Lenin by end of April
He had won over the majority of the central committee of the Bolshevik Party
How did Lenin gain support
He abandoned his call for an immediate overthrow of the PG
He appealed to the rank and file of the party
He preached to party members and factory meetings and wore a workers cap to seem like one of the proletariat
Took credit in peasant land seizures and the establishment of soviets to make him seem he was in control
Kronstadt Naval base support for the Bolsheviks
20,000 armed sailors organised their own armed demonstrations in July using Bolshevik slogans
Problems with July Days for Lenin
If he endorsed it then it ran the risk of becoming a premature revolution
Who was blamed for the uly Days
The Bolsheviks, despite being the ones to force demonstrators out of the Peter and Paul fortress
