how bolsheviks siezed power in 1917 - key factors
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- How did the Bolsheviks sieze power in 1917? key factors
- weaknesses of the provisional government
- july days
- exploited PG as weak
- series of strikes/protests
- unappealing policies
- continuation of war
- not redistributing land
- not elected
- temporary
- dual power
- july days
- strengths of the bolsheviks
- april theses
- end to war
- all power to soviets
- peace, bread, land
- Kornilov affair showed Bolsheviks could lead
- policies appealed to the masses
- increase in membership
- april theses
- mistakes of the provisional government
- the Kornilov plot: PG released many Bolsheviks from prison and armed them
- Bolsheviks seen as heroes
- PG's authority collapsed
- June offensive
- extremely high desertion rates
- loss of thousands of soldiers and territory
- lifted and reintroduced censorship
- slow to call elections
- the Kornilov plot: PG released many Bolsheviks from prison and armed them
- luck/other reasons
- lenin not recognised by police
- june offensive fail
- Trotsky switches sides
- February revolution
- took power before congress of soviets and Kerensky's elections
- weaknesses of other parties
- supported the war - not what the people wanted
- lost them support
- kadets - only served wealthy classes
- enabled Bolsheviks to use propaganda against them
- mensheviks - no clear plan to sieze power
- associated with PG
- supported the war - not what the people wanted
- key individuals
- Trotsky
- main organiser
- in control of the red guards
- stalin
- freedom of speech propaganda
- lenin
- strong leadership
- leader of the bolsheviks
- Trotsky
- weaknesses of the provisional government
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