developments between the revolutions

Question 1

Lenin’s exile

Answer 1

exiled to Switzerland
in exile since 1900 apart from 6 months 1905-06
returned April 3rd 1917

Question 2

Lenin’s return

Answer 2

April 3rd 1917
welcomed by crowds cheering and he responded with speech crafted on journey
return aided by the Germans on the ‘sealed train’

Question 3

Lenin’s ideology

Answer 3

first proposal of permanent revolution

thought world on brink of social revolution

Question 4

April theses promises

Answer 4

• war should be brought to immediate end
• power transfer to soviets
• all land to the state and to be re-allocated to peasants by local soviets

Question 5

effects of the July days on the bolsheviks

Answer 5

• blamed for bloodshed
• leaders were arrested
• offices of Pravda closed
• bolshevik paper Izvestia denounced leaders
• bolsheviks propaganda burned
• Lenin’s reputation fell

Question 6

cause of July days

Answer 6

grain prices doubled
shortages of fuel, raw materials
closures of 586 factories and 100,000 jobs lost

Question 7

cause of Kornilov coup

Answer 7

June offensive in Galicia

Question 8

when was the Kornilov coup

Answer 8

26th - 30th August

Question 9

what ended the Kornilov coup for good

Answer 9

kornilov’s supply lines cut
coup leaders arrested
increased membership/ support for bolshevik

Question 10

where did Lenin flee to after July days?

Answer 10

Finland

Question 11

what date did the central committee of Bolshevik party reject Lenin’s request for coup

Answer 11

15th Septembers

Question 12

what date did lenin return and convince 10/12 CC members to agree to coup

Answer 12

10th October