THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION - THE DISSOLUTION OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY

Question 1

CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY

• Craved democracy
• Self Government
• Want political reform…
• Most likely supported…
• Bolsheviks allowed elections… A crucial indicator
• Voters: 42.0% (SR)
• Voters: 23.6% (B)
• Constituent Assembly meeting place

Answer 1

• Want a political reform: To have an elected legislature to represent their rights and interests
• Supported: Octobrists, Kadets, SR, Mensheviks
• CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY
• Bolsheviks allowed the elections to proceed in November 1917. They feared of otherwise appearing undemocratic.
  -Election: was a crucial indicator - Bolshevik claims of popular support were justified
• Voters: majority were PEASANTS from rural provinces (SR policy)
• Bolsheviks: Primarily an industrial workers party: Limited to urban areas
  CA meeting place: Tauride Palace (18th January 1918)

Question 2

POSITIVE: CONTSITUENT ASSEMBLY

• Democratic future…
• Want a political reform…
• Supported by…

NEGATIVE: CONTSITUENT ASSEMBLY

• Dissolved…
• No hope for democracy…

Answer 2

POSITIVE

• Gave the public hope for a democratic future
• Want a political reform: To have an elected legislature to represent their rights and interests
• Supported: Octobrists, Kadets, SR, Mensheviks

NEGATIVE

• It was dissolved
• No hope for a democratic future under Bolshevik control

Question 3

DISSOLUTION OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY

• Forced to conclude the Assembly
• Gained control…
• Lenin’s justification…
• Refused to give up its authority…

Answer 3

• Bolshevik: forced the ASSEMBLY TO CONCLUDE
• Limited anti-bolshevik threat/rule to the Bolsheviks
• Gained controlled/ hold on power as an independent government.
• Lenin’s justification: ‘Expression of the old regime when the authority belonged to the bourgeoise’
• Refused to give up its authority or share the authority with a legislature

Question 4

POSITIVE: DISSOLUTION OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY

• Consolidated Bolshevik power…
• Prevented the opposition…

Answer 4

• Consolidated Bolshevik power. Prevented the opposition to act against the Bolsheviks