Section 3- April Thesis, July Days, Kornilov Affair

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How much did recruits rise by in 1920?
5 million
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Who did Trotsky reintroduce to establish strict discipline and military control?
Ex tsarist officers
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What was brought back that created strict discipline for those who seemed opposed to Bolshevik regime?
Death penalty
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Name 2 quotes from Lenin's April Thesis
'Peace, land and bread'
'All power to the soviets'
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What date did Lenin return on, and from where?
How many comrades did he travel with?
Switzerland on 3rd April 1917?
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How many years had Lenin been in exile before returning to Russia?
17 years
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Aside from peace, land and bread and all power to the soviets, what were other conditions of his April Thesis?
No support for the provisional government
End to the war
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Why were some people unconvinced by Lenin's April Thesis?
-They thought it was unrealistic to oppose PG as the Bolsheviks were still a minority
-The Mensheviks felt their work had been undermined and by stirring up more left wing, they would provoke right wing reaction
-Thought Lenin way in pay of Germans
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What did Lenin wear in party meetings and why?
A worker's cap, to appear more proletariat and therefore relatable
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Why did Lenin abandon his call for overthrow of the Provisional Government?
It won over people who feared civil war
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What dates did July Days take place?
3-5 July 1917
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Give 3 reasons why people caused a revolution/why were they angry?
-Between February and June, grain prices had doubled in Petrograd
-Shortages of fuel and raw materials forced closure of 586 factories
-100,000 jobs lost
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How many sailors were involved?
20,000
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How did the sailors cause a revolution/what did they do?
-Looted shops
-Attacked property
-Seized railway stations
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The sailors used Bolshevik slogans, making it look like a Bolshevik uprising. Why was this an issue?
It meant Bolsheviks were blamed for the revolution
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List consequences of the July Days
-Trotsky and Kamenev imprisoned
-Pravda (The Truth, Bolshevik newspaper) shut down
-Lenin and Stalin fled
-Bolshevik newspaper Izvestia (News) denounced their leaders, suggesting that Lenin was working in pay of Germans
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Why did Brusilov start the Kornilov affair/why were people unhappy?
-Factory owners had right to dismiss factory workers if they went on strike
-Wages fell and prices rose
-PG failed to redistribute land
-By October, prices were c755% above pre war levels
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Why were right wing people, such as landowners and businessmen, unhappy with the PG?
They thought the PG had done little to protect their land
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Explain the Kornilov affair
-Kornilov ordered 6 regiments of troops to march on Petrograd, presumably to crush the Soviet and establish military dictatorship
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Why did it fail?
Kerensky panicked and lead the affair as he planned to, provided workers with weapons from government, released impriosoned Bolsheviks
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How did the Bolsheviks membership change from February to October?
23,000 in Feb to 200,000 in Oct
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How many newspapers and Red Guards did Bolsheviks have by October
41 newspapers, 10,000 red guards
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Where did Bolsheviks win a majority?
Petrograd and Moscow Soviets
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