AH Sources

How fully does Source A explain the nature of the February Revolution?

Mutinied soldiers armed protestors with around 40,000 rifles, which was important as it shows that the revolution was born from and sustained by the co-operation of different sectors of the working class, so was a revolution from below.

One soldier questioned, “Our fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers and brides are begging for bread. Are we going to shoot them?”

O. Figes claims, “It began with bread.”

R. Service states, “It was the workers and soldiers who acted.”

Sukhanov argues, “Not one party was preparing for the great upheaval.”

Evaluate the usefulness of source B as evidence of the problems faced by the provisional government between February and October 1917.

How much do sources A and B reveal about differing interpretations of the Bolshevik seizure of power in October 1917?

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