Revolution 2:Electric Boogaloo Flashcards
Who were the 2 prime ministers between revolutions
Prince Lvov until July
Kerensky until November
When did Lenin return to Russia
April 3rd
What were the two main slogans in the April Thesis
Peace, Land, Bread
All Power to the Soviets
Who disagreed with Lenin’s idea to skip the capitalism stage
Zinoviev and Kamenev
Who made up the majority of the provisional government
Kadets & other leading liberals
What was the main job of the provisional government
Preparations for Constituent Assembly elections
What was the split in the Kadet party
Left - More social reform, public involvement in government
Right - Strong centralised state
What was the Soviet’s order number 1
Provisional Government will only be listened too if it doesn’t contradict the soviet
What laws were passed in the ‘honeymoon period’
Disband secret police
Arrest Tsarists
Free political prisoners
Free press
Abolish capital punishment
8 hour working day
Who made up the Soviet
Workers, Mensheviks & SRs
Who acted as a line of communication between the Soviet and ProvGov
Kerensky
Why was the Soviet hesitant to take power
Following Marxist principles of society’s stages
Fear of counter-action from army and public
What was Kerensky’s biggest weakness
Egoism - Thought he was a Napoleon figure
Why did Lenin return to Russia
German’s allowed him to stir up trouble
Prevent middle class from forming
What did Lenin say when the National Congress of Soviet’s was asked if there was a party prepared to take up sole power
“There is such a party”
When did Trotsky join the Bolsheviks
2nd July 1917
When was the July Days
3-5th July 1917
What was the result of the July Days
Trotsky arrested
Lenin flees to Finland
How many Kronstadt sailors turned up at the Bolshevik HQ looking for orders
20,000
What were the immediate consequences of the Kornilov affair
-Damaged Kerensky’s reputation
-Bolshevik support increased and on 9 September they became the majority in the Petrograd Soviet
-Other revolutionary groups were discredited due to their association with Kerensky
When was the Kornilov affair
Late August
Who in the provisional government wanted to continue the war
Kadets, Milyukov
What did the Prov Gov do in regards to the war
July Offensive - massive failure
How did the Prov Gov deal with economic issues and land
They didn’t
Who finalised the plans for the October Revolution
Trotsky & Sverdlov
When did the Bolsheviks storm the winter palace
2am October 26th
How long did the July Offensive last before collapsing
3 days
How many factory jobs were lost in Petrograd from Feb-July 1917
100,000
