how did the bolsheviks increase their power

How much did bol support increase june-dec

164%

Bol membership increase feb-oct

23k-200k

How many newspapers by oct

41

How many red guards did bols have in capitals factories

10k

Who won sept elections to petrograd soviets

Bolsheviks

What was trotsky made 21 sept

Chariman of petrograd soviet

Mid-sept what did lenin bombard and why

12 man central committee of bol party demanding to stage a revolution

Did central committee agree with lenins idea to stage a revolution

Tried to resist

What did lenin say on 12th sept

‘History will no forgive us if we do not assume power now’

What was voted against on 15th sept

A coup

What did kamenev and zinoviev believe about lenins idea of revolution

Shouldnt act until after constitutional revolutions

When did trotsky believe was a good time to take power

At congress of socialists on 26 oct to win support

Bolsheviks vote increase from july to oct

11% to 51%

Who were the first leading bols to arrive in petrograd

Stalin and kamenev

What did kamenev want to do to further revolution

Cooperation with pg and reunite with mens

Where was lenin early 1917

Switzerland

How let lenin from switzerland to finland and why was this possibly controversial

Germany - belived he might be working with them

Why did germany let lenin through

To stir discontent in russia

When did lenin arrive in finland

3.4.1917

Where did lenin make his april thesis speech

A station in finland

What did lenin call for in april thesis

• world wide socialist revolution

• End to war

• End to cooperation with PG

• Petrograd soviets to take power

• Land given to peasants

What did mens condemn april thesis as

Ravings of a mad man

What did some bols think of april thesis

Some disapproved

Name two of lenins slogans

• ‘Bread, Peace, land!’

• ‘All power to the soviets!’

What did russian pop think of April thesis

Appealed as they wanted food supplies, ending war and workers rights

What did lenin say about bourg

Too weak

Why did some people think april thesis was overly optiministic

Atp lenin only had 26k

When was kornilov coup

Aug 1917

Who was kornilov

Supreme commander of the russian forces

What was in kerensky and kornilovs agreement? But…

Aimed to restore law and order but kornilov moved to pgrad to gain military control

Why did kerensky supply soldiers sailors workers etc with arms

Thought they were in defence of PG

How did bols seize situation in kornilov coup

Organised bans of workers commanded by their red guards

Lenins role in kornilov coup

Sent orders from finland urging followers to maintain pressure

What did kornilovs troops do in kornilov coup

Didnt arrive, railway workers halted train carrying them and bol agaents persauded them to desert officers

When were the july days

3-5 july

How did grain prices increase feb - june

Doubled

How many factories closed

586

How many jobs lost

100k

What did workers want and why wouldnt gov do it

Price control but gov wouldnt go against the industrialists

How many sailors began july days

20k

What did sailors do in july days

Chanting bol slogans, attacking shops and properties, seizing key buildings

Where did some invade in july days and why

Tauride palace to demand soviets take power

What were warrants of arrests were issued for

Arrests of bols blamed for stirring discontent

Where was lenin for july days

On holiday

How was july days a setback

• newspapers closed

• Leading bols arrested for violence

• Lenin forced back into hiding

When was the all-russian congress of soviets

3rd june

What did lenin win majority in end of april

Central committee of bol party

What did the first all russian congress of soviets do

Passed a vote of confidence in PG 543 votes to 126

When did trotsky decide to support bolshevik cause

Beginning of july

What was kerensky determined to do

Continue war