Bolshevik take over and consolidation 1917-24
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- Bolshevik take over and consolidation 1917-24
- The provisional government
- Capable and in control
- The leading Bolsheviks including Lenin fled following the July Days
- Made reforms
- Freedom of religion and speech
- Secret police abolished
- Amnesty for political prisoners
- Promise of an elected parliament
- Recognition of trade unions
- Introduction of an 8 hour day for industrial workers
- Bolsheviks denounced as traitors by new prime minister Kerensky
- June 1917 got a vote of confidence from Russian citizens
- Problems faced
- Bolsheviks were armed to help put down the Kornilov revolt
- Decided to continue in the war (suffered further defeats)
- The formation of the Soviet Workers and Soldier Deputies
- Inherited the tsar's problems
- Lenin began campaigning to gain peasant support " land to the peasants
- "peace, land and bread"
- Attracted more soliders
- Capable and in control
- Effects of WW1
- Large military defeats (26th-29th tannenberg lake + 5-9th september massurian lakes
- Severe food shortages
- Russian's forced to retreat
- Government- Tsarina ans rasputin
- October revolution-October 1917
- Lenin returned to petrograd
- There are rumours to begin with but PG ignore
- Bolsheviks control the red guard the petrograd Garrison, Baltic navy
- 24th October Bolsheviks overthrew PG
- Bolshevik success
- Weaknesses of the PG
- Non elected body
- Had to share power with the soviets
- Temporary government
- Never removed of Bolsheviks
- Couldn't over run soviet order #1
- Control of the armed forces
- Soldiers of Petrograd sided with the Bolsheviks
- The creation of the MRC enabled the Bolsheviks to control them at a critical time
- Lack of alternatives
- Many political parties did not offer their leadership
- Anarchy ensued with peasants seizing land throughout 1917
- Role of lenin
- Persuaded Bolsheviks to oppose war
- Had evolved the teachings of marx
- Simple slogans- easy to understand
- Created the red guard using German money
- Weaknesses of the PG
- Problems facing the Bolsheviks
- Alcoholism (looting of vintage wines)
- Bolsheviks only won 1/4 of the vote
- So dismissed parliament
- Counter revolutionary groups
- Creates Cheka (secret police)
- Protesting- soldiers+ kronstadt sailors
- Red army- fight back
- We spread hunger
- Too much land
- Split it between peasants
- Russia was still at war
- Lenin intended to make peace (treaty of Brest-litovsk)
- Bolsheviks ending the war with Germany
- It was a promise they had made (cause rebellion if not)
- Russia was materially exhausted
- Food and fuel shortages
- Treaty of Brest Litovsk
- Lost popularity
- Lost 32% of arable land
- Lost 54% of its industry
- Lost 89% of its coal mines
- Lost 74% of iron and coal
- Lost 300 million gold roubles
- Lost 34% of the population
- Lost workers
- Red vs whites civil war
- Whites
- Cruel commanders
- Scared of communism
- Wanted tsarist regimes back
- Had a lot of support
- Strength + supplies from Britain, USA+ france
- Opperated as seperate groups
- Spread over large areas
- Low morale of soldiers
- Foreign countries didn't have much influences
- Reds
- Trotsky was a brilliant organiser
- Used a train
- Wanted to keep power
- Wanted to secure the revolution
- Propaganda (led by lenin)
- Kept soldiers happy
- Large army (conscription)
- Peasants scared of tsarist regime returning
- Used the Cheka to scare people
- People were against trotskys methods
- Whites
- The provisional government
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