Taking over the government: Lenin

Question 1

What was the second- all Russian congress of soviets and why did it give the Bolsheviks mandate to rule?

Answer 1

-right wing SR’s and Mensheviks walked out in protest
-Bolsheviks then had a clear mandate to rule.

Question 2

What can the October revolution also be described as?

Answer 2

The Petrograd revolution.

Question 3

During the October revolution how did the Bolsheviks attempt to spread their authority?

Answer 3

-creating more soviets in towns and cities across Russia.

Question 4

Why did creating more soviets in towns and cities across Russia prove difficult.

Answer 4

-‘resistance from the old guard’/ empire (also reason why civil war broke out).

Question 5

What did the Bolsheviks do in order to avoid opposition?

Answer 5

-allowed elections in constituent assembly until November.
-decree on land what SR’s had proposed.

Question 6

How did Lenin justify the closure of the assembly?

Answer 6

-expression of the old Bourgeois regime.

Question 7

What was the decree on land?

Answer 7

-requistation of private lad by peasants
-redistribution done by village soviets.

Question 8

What poor terms did Russia receive from treaty of Brest-Litovsk?

Answer 8

-territory including the Ukraine.
-3 billion roubles
-Trotsky called it a Diktat.