Developments Between The Revolutions Of 1917

Question 1

When were the April thesis published?

Answer 1

1917

Question 2

What did the April thesis do?

Answer 2

• explained Lenin’s political programme
• set out his ideology and made demands

Question 3

What were the 2 slogans of the April thesis?

Answer 3

‘Peace, bread and land’
‘All power to the Soviets’

Question 4

What did peace bread and land mean in the April thesis?

Answer 4

Peace - the war should be bought to an immediate end
Bread - food shortages should end
Land - all land should be taken over by the state and allocated to peasants
RUSSIA SHOULD BE HANDED OVER TO THE SOVIET TO RUN

Question 5

Why did Lenin not immediately receive support for his proposals in the April thesis?

Answer 5

• some argued Bolsheviks were not yet powerful enough to oppose the PG
• people feared his proposals would do more harm than good

Question 6

How did Lenin gain support for his April thesis?

Answer 6

• persuasion
• compromise
• threats of resignation

Question 7

When were the July Days?

Answer 7

July 1917

Question 8

What were the July Days?

Answer 8

• sailors, workers and soldiers demonstrated in Petrograd
• rising prices and unemployment contributed to the unrest
• against PG

Question 9

Who was blamed for the July Days?

Answer 9

Bolsheviks
- resulted in temporary decline in Bolshevik influence

Question 10

What were attempts to stop the risings of the July Days?

Answer 10

• PG bought in troops to crush the demonstrations
• Mensheviks and social revolutionaries supported PG in this

Question 11

What was the aftermath of the July Days?

Answer 11

• Bolshevik newspapers shut down
• Lenin and Stalin fled
• other Bolshevik leaders (such as Trotsky) were arrested and imprisoned

Question 12

What was the kornilov coup?

Answer 12

An attempted military coup by General Kornilov against provisional government

Question 13

Who was kornilov?

Answer 13

Anti-Bolshevik leader

Question 14

Who was Kerensky?

Answer 14

Leader of PG

Question 15

Why did Kerensky appoint kornilov as leader of the Russian army?

Answer 15

To bring back discipline

Question 16

What do the Petrograd soviet criticise about kornilov?

Answer 16

His right wing views and discipline

Question 17

What happens when kornilov march/coup is stopped?

Answer 17

Coup leaders are arrested

Question 18

Why did Bolshevik membership increase after September 1917?

Answer 18

• PG had failed to improve food supplies - Bol promised to end foot shortages
• war was still continuing - Bolsheviks promised immediate end to war
• PG had pushed back land re-distribution - Bolsheviks promised land for the peasants.

Question 19

What did the kornilov coup show?

Answer 19

That the revolution was under threat from the right, just as the Bolsheviks warned

Question 20

Why was Kerensky weakened by the kornilov’s coup?

Answer 20

As he had appointed kornilov in the first place and then had to rely on the Bolsheviks to deal with him

Question 21

Why did zinoviev and kamenev disagree with Lenin about the Bolsheviks being ready to seize power?

Answer 21

They feared Russia was not yet economically ready for a revolution, and did not want to act until after constituent assembly had been called

Question 22

Why did Lenin but Trotsky in charge of organising the seizure of power?

Answer 22

Due to his strong organisational skills

Question 23

What was the military revolutionary committee?

Answer 23

Organise Petrograds defensive - taken over by Bolsheviks