Lenins return to Russia

Question 1

When did Lenin return from exile?

Answer 1

3rd April 1917

Question 2

What did Lenin do whilst travelling in Europe?

Answer 2

Developed his political ideals, his April theses and worked with other Marxist revolutionaries.

Question 3

What route did Lenin take to return to Russia?

Answer 3

He travelled from Zurich through Germany during the war, and ended up in Petrograd.

Question 4

What did Lenin first do upon his arrival in Petrograd?

Answer 4

Release his April These

Question 5

When was the first congress of Soviets established?

Answer 5

June 1917

Question 6

How many Bolsheviks were present in the first congress of Soviets?

Answer 6

108 delegates present

Question 7

What ideology did Lenin return to Russia with?

Answer 7

• Russian middle classes were too weak to carry a revolution
• Soviets were ready to create a socialist government
• Russia would be supported by neighbours

Question 8

Which ideology opposed Lenins Ideology?

Answer 8

The Marxist theory of the Petrograd Soviet

Question 9

What was the Marxist theory of the Petrograd Soviet?

Answer 9

• socialist rev can only happen after a bourgeois rev
• There is no quick way to revolution
• The russian proletariat were developing
• Identified the natural laws that must be followed to achieve communism

Question 10

When was Lenin’s April Theses published?

Answer 10

7th April 1917

Question 11

What did the April Theses explain?

Answer 11

• political programme
• Set out Lenins ideology (power for the soviets)
• Peace, Land and Bread (Aims)