The October Revolution Causes- Spend Facts Flashcards
The June (or Kerensky) offensive failed and left how many casualties including how many deaths?
-200,000 casualties
- including 40,000 deaths
Bread rations in Petrograd and Moscow reduced to how much?
0.5 pounds per person per day
Real incomes of factory workers reached just?
40% of pre-war ones
Growing number of socialist ministers in the provisional government . How many in March 1917?
1 out of 11
Growing number of socialist minister in the provisional government. How many in September 1917
7 out of 16
The number of strikes continued to grow. By September 1917, the number of strikes reached ?
2.4 million people
Between February- November 1917 how many soldiers/ sailors deserted
1.5 million
Food appointment policy (confiscation of grain and other agricultural products from, peasants to try and feed the urban population) had?
Failed=people going hungry
What happened august-October 1917?
Bolshevization of the soviets
By the start of November 1917 how many seats in the Petrograd soviet did the Bolshevik occupy
Occupied up to 90% of the seats in the Petrograd soviet
- up to 60% in the Moscow soviet
Most seats in the 80 local soviets of industrial cities
following what were the bolsheviks seen to be the saviours of the revolution?
the Kornilov affair
working-class membership of the Bolshevik party increased from how much at the end of July to October?
increased from 200,000 at end of July to approx 350,000 by october
how much did red guards now number?
over 10,000
bolsheviks now produced over how many newspapers to spread their message?
over 40 newspapers
leadership of the Petrograd Soviet was revamped on 25th september- Bolsheviks now occupied how many seats on its executive and who became its chairman?
-occupied 4/7 seats
-Trotsky became its chairman
