Quotes: The October Revolution

Question 1

What did Lenin say about taking power?

Answer 1

‘History will not forgive us if we do not take power now’ - Lenin

Question 2

What did Kerensky say?

Answer 2

‘I want to take the middle road, but no one will help me’ - Alexander Kerensky

Question 3

What did Lenin say about seizing power in regards to the soviets?

Answer 3

‘If we seize power today, we seize it not in opposition to the soviets, but on their behalf’ - Lenin

Question 4

What statement did Lenin prematurely make in the newspaper?

Answer 4

‘The Provisional Government has been deposed. Government authority has passed into the hands of the … Soviet … which stands at the head of the Petrograd proletariat and garrison’ - Lenin

Question 5

What was Trotsky’s famous speech?

Answer 5

‘into the dustbin of history’

Question 6

What did Lenin say once he took over?

Answer 6

‘The Congress hereby resolves to take governmental power into its own hands’ - Lenin