Lenin's Return Flashcards
1
Q
How did Lenin return?
A
Germany provided a train for him.
2
Q
When and where did Lenin arrive?
A
Finland Station, Petrograd on 3rd April 1917.
3
Q
What did Lenin immediately do upon returning?
A
Issued the April Thesis.
4
Q
What policies did the April Thesis include? [5]
A
End to war.
Workers must control the government.
All land should be given to peasants.
Capitalism should be destroyed - all banks, transport and factories should be controlled by the state.
Bolsheviks should take over all Soviets.
5
Q
What were the reasons that the Bolsheviks began to become a real force in politics by the middle of 1917? [2]
A
They had their own army.
They owned 40 newspapers.
6
Q
What was the Bolsheviks army called?
A
The Red Guard.
7
Q
What did Germany want at the start of 1917?
A
An end to war.
