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What did Lenin demand in the “April thesis”
All power be given to the soviets (abolish provisional government)
End the war
What do Historians say Lenin was just saying?
What peasants wanted him to say
What did Lenin manage to convince the central committee of the Bolsheviks to do?
Not co-operate with the provisional government
Who came back from exile in July?
Trotsky
What did an uprising in Petrograd attract?
Bolshevik followers
Who was arrested after the July days?
Trotsky
What did Lenin do after the July days?
Flee to Finland
Who became PM in July?
Kerensky
What did Kornilov believe he could do?
Restore government
Who did Kerensky ask for help to defend the city of Kornilovs coup?
The Petrograd soviet/Bolshevik’s
who was arrested after kornilov affair?
Kerensky/Kornilov
Who did the Kornilov Affair boost support for?
The Bolshevik’s
Who did the Bolsheviks grow in popularity at the expense of?
Mensheviks
SR’s
Why did SR’s and Mensheviks lose support?
They continued to support provisional government
Who gained a majority in both the Moscow and Petrograd Soviets?
The Bolsheviks
How many were in the Bolshevik party by October?
200,000
How many soldiers were in the force of the red guards ?
10,000
who urged the seizure of Bolshevik power?
Lenin (from finland)
Who headed the military revolutionary committee?
Trotsky
What vote did Lenin win in October?
A central Committee vote for an armed uprising to replace the provisional government
How many Bolshevik Red Guards and Kronstadt sailors seize key positions in Petrograd?
8,000
Where to Red Guards break into ?
The Winter Palace → arrested members of provisional government
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