October/ November Revolution 1917SummaryBy November 1917 the Provisional Government was in complete collapse. In the meantime, the Bolshevik party, helped by German money, had built up an efficient party organisation, a brilliant propaganda machine, and a powerful private army (the Red Guards). When Lenin moved to take over, the Provisional Government was unable to stop him, and the 'November Revolution'.
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Notes-The 1917 Roevolution (Oct.)
-The Kronostadt Mutiny -20,000 armed sailors took control of Petrograd and demanded the Soviet take power -Kornilov affair- The Bolsheviks are seen as defenders of Petrograd -Kornilov threatened to attack the city -Bolsheviks led by Trotsky (military side) -Lenin led the Pretrograd uprising and it was bloodless -Cruiser Aurora fired one blank at the winter palace -Winter palace defended by Cossacks, womens battalon of death and cadets -Power now belonged to the Socviets -Mensheviks and the Centre-right believed the Bolsheviks had gained power illegally -They walked out of the second congress of soviets -Decree on land allowed peasants to seize private land and redistribute it -Decree on Pece proposed a withdrawl from WW1 (Treaty of BREST-llOTOVSK Subjunctive QuestionIf Lenin didn't have ties to propaganda would his movement have made an impact or influence the citizens?
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