Opposition to the PG Flashcards
There were conflicting attitudes towards the…
war
Socialist parties wanted a…
DEFENSIVE WAR: thought the army shouldn’t advance against the enemy but should PREVENT the Germans from advancing into russia
Kadets and Liberals wanted to…
CONTINUE fighting: believed that Russia had an OBLIGATION towards its allies, peace with Germany would mean LOSS OF LAND and NATIONAL HUMILIATION
Bolsheviks wanted a…
DEFENSIVE WAR: until Lenin came back
Lenin demanded an IMMEDIATE END to the war
This policy became very POPULAR between April-Oct 1917
However, the PG was dominated by the Kadets and Liberals so it decided to…
continue the war
Ministers also knew that the Russian economy depended on ALLIED LOANS, so they’d lose money if they pulled out of the war
Lenin wanted the Soviets to…
seize power
The Feb Revolution took Lenin by surprise, the German government helped him get back to Russia because they hoped that the Bolsheviks would work to…
undermine Russia’s war efforts
Since the Tsar had abdicated, the Bolsheviks had been working with other socialist parties and had…
SUPPORTED the PG. Lenin changed all that
Arrived 3rd April, declared his complete opposition to the government, calling for an…
IMMEDIATE SOCIALIST REVOLUTION: APRIL THESES
The April Theses called for:
- A revolution to seize power from the PG and transfer it to the Soviets
- An immediate end to the war
- The transfer of all land to the peasants
Lenin summed up his aims with 2 slogans:
ALL POWER TO THE SOVIETS
PEACE, BREAD, LAND
Lenin strengthened support for the bolsheviks. Beforehand they competed with other left-wing parties for public support. Lenin’s radical demand meant that they appeared…
Distinct and different
Bolsheviks attracted support from people who were…
against war
felt let down by the PG
Peasants were attracted to Lenin’s policy of LAND REFORMS and they switched from SRs to the Bolsheviks
The Milyukov crisis changed the government. In April 1917 foreign minister Milyukov secretly informed the allies that russia would stay in the war (expecting russia to gain territory from Turkey if there was an…
allied victory)
(Milyukov) In April, new of Milyukov’s proposals were leaked, there was…
violent demonstrations in Petrograd
