The rise of the Bolsheviks

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