The October revolution Flashcards

1
Q

When did Trotsky and Lenin overthrow the government?

A

-October 1917

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2
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Who resigned from the provisional government after the June offensive and on what date?

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-Kadet ministers
-3th October.

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3
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How did the Bolsheviks use the resignations of Kadet ministers as an opportunity?

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-encouraged the workers and sailors to protest.

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4
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What happened when the provisional government tried to shut down two Bolshevik newspapers?

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-Trotsky built on fears of Kerensky and tried to justify using military revolutionary committee for defensive actions.

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5
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What did Lenin support after he came back to Petrograd when the Bolshevik newspapers were shut down?

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-persuaded the Bolshevik central committee to have an armed seizure of power in Petrograd.
-ignored proposal until a month later in October.

-not all Bolsheviks on board yet.

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6
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On what day did the attack on the provisional government occur?

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October 24th

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7
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Where did the military revolutionary committee occupy?

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-post and telegraph offices.
-starve PG of outside help.

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8
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Who did the red guard successfully arrest?

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-The majority of the provisional government.

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9
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On what day was it announced that the provisional government had been deposed?

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-October the 25th.
-Kerensky fled to Petrograd.

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10
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Who did Lenin and Trotsky get lots of support from?

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-second all Russian congress.

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11
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What did the Mensheviks and SR’s do in protest of the second all Russians congress and what did this mean?

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-they walked out.
-meant a Bolshevik majority
-congress of soviets made a new constitution.

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12
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How many people were involved in the October revolution despite soviet depictions?

A

25,000 people.

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13
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Why did the Bolsheviks present the October revolution as a mass uprising?

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-Because in reality there was little resistance.
-Bolsheviks merely wandered the corridors and arrested the members.

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14
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What evidence is there to suggest the uprising was popular?

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-war and Kerensky unpopular
-Kerensky unprepared and released to the newspapers when it would take place.
-PG never elected + dual authority
-no army intervention despite warnings.

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15
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What evidence is there to suggest the revolution was inevitable?

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-Trotsky + Bolsheviks had taken over the PS.

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16
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On what day did the Bolsheviks arrive at the winter palace?

A

25th October.

17
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What was the reaction of the soldiers at the winter palace?

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-merely drunk and panicky with many groups of defenders simply leaving.