October Revolution: Key Terms Flashcards
1
Q
Define dual authority?
A
Term used to describe the balance of power between the Provisional Government and the Petrograd Soviet.
2
Q
What was the April Theses?
A
Work published by Lenin on his return to Petrograd that urged the real proletariat revolution to begin. It outlined peace, bread, land and all power to the Soviets.
3
Q
What was Sovnarkom?
A
The council of Peoples Commissars that was at the top of the new constitution.
