Lenin's role- including the April thesis Flashcards
What had Lenin not expected?
-abdication of the Tsar so quickly.
What did Lenin cause in the provisional government (April)?
A shift in attitudes on social revolution.
Who helped Lenin get back to Russia and why?
-Germans
-Saw Lenin as a โvirusโ
-peace in the east
What slogans did Lenin use?
-โpeace bread and landโ
-โall power to the sovietsโ (wanted an operational Petrograd soviet with all power delegated to them).
Which document promised peace, bread and land?
The April Thesis
What did peace, bread and land entail?
-Withdrawal from WW1
-Land reforms
-End of the hardships of WW1
What was the impact of Leninโs return?
-no impact
-people did not care about April Thesis.
-slowly became relevant- Trotsky!
What were the main points of the April thesis?
-no cooperation with other parties
-true revolution + overthrow the PG.
-Transfer power to the workers
-end war
Which other communist ruler initially sought to cooperate with the provisional government?
-Stalin