Essays Tagged: "Petrograd Soviet"
Account For the Success of the Bolsheviks in October 1917.
in exile but by the end of 1917 the Bolshevik party had not only consolidated control of Moscow and Petrograd, but they were also advancing on the rest of the country. This success was due to several ... isional Government, division of alternative opposition, Lenin's leadership skills, the power of the Petrograd Soviet and Trotsky as its leader, failure on deliver of land reform and the oppressed, arm ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
The first Revolution in Russia was followed so soon by a second one.
Between March and July 568 factories. . . employing some 104.000 workers shut down operations"( Red Petrograd,1983). Here again, the government was unable to help the workers for it needed support fro ... They also had their greatest number of active supporters, particularly soldiers and sailors, around Petrograd and Moscow, key places in the revolution. After the Kornilov Affair, the Bolsheviks gained ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Explain why the combination of circumstances surrounding the 1917 October Revolution presented the Bolsheviks with an unique opportunity to seize power.
, would be followed and put into action. Thirdly, they faced a powerful obstacle in the form of the Petrograd Soviet and finally, by June they could no longer count on support from the armed forces. T ... the period between the two revolutions. It was not until the Bolsheviks aligned themselves with the Petrograd Soviet in August and September that the protests of the masses began to take some directio ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History
A Time of Change: The Russian Revolution of 1917
lly turned against the police and joined the revolution. "The soldiers captured the building of the Petrograd Okhrana (secret police) and central police headquarters" (Vail 47-48).As a result of the r ... they had the rights to leadership. One group was the Provisional Government, and the other was the Petrograd Soviet. "Although both claimed to speak for the entire nation, each represented a particul ...
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A who, what, when, where, and why on the Russian Revolution. Entitled: "The Russian Revolution: What Happened?"
+The Who*Vladimir Ilich Lenin-1870-1924-He became the chairman of the Military Committee of the Petrograd Soviet in September 1917.-Leader and organizer of the Bolsheviks.-The Bolsheviks were memb ... citizens.-St. Petersburg was and still is a multinational city which greatly represents democracy.*Petrograd-The name St. Petersburg was changed to Petrograd after the outbreak of World War I.-Site o ...
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"Why wasn't the Provisional Government able to stop Lenin and the Bolsheviks in 1917?"
social and economic problems, the fact that they were weakened by the actions and authority of the Petrograd Soviet, and the rising influence the Bolshevik's had on the people.The authority of the Pr ... cally coming to embrace the Bolshevik cause. In September 1917 the Bolsheviks won majorities in the Petrograd and Moscow Soviets. Kerensky's fate was 'sealed'. Lenin argued that the time had now come ...
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Leon Trotsky - Events Of 1917
to the Russian Army. Kerensky responded by dismissing Kornilov from office and ordering him back to Petrograd.Lavr Kornilov now sent troops under the leadership of General Krymov to take control of Pe ... Petrograd. Kerensky was now in danger and so he called on the Soviets and the Red Guards to protect Petrograd. The Bolsheviks, who controlled these organizations, agreed to this request, but insisted ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature
Trotsky Outline of Life 1917-1940
strikes, circulated his works and in September, following his release, was elected Chairman of the Petrograd Soviet. Trotsky drafted the detailed schemes of the overthrow of the Provisional governmen ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Why were the Bolsheviks successful in October 1917?
f the twentieth century, based upon the ideas of Karl Marx. The crucial revolutionary activities in Petrograd were under the command of the Petrograd Soviet headed by Leon Trotsky and the Military Rev ... t began disintegrating in the February Revolution of 1917, two rival institutions, the Duma and the Petrograd Soviet, competed for power. As a compromise, a provisional government was formed that was ...
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Was the success of the Bolshevik Revolution because of their power and skills or the weakness of the Provisional Government?
ot been elected; most of its members were previously part of the Duma. Its power was limited by the Petrograd workers' and soldier's council, otherwise known as the soviet. The Petrograd Soviet publis ...
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Outline the main features of Trotsky's public life period 1917 to 1940
trumental in transforming and moulding the Soviets. In September Trotsky became the chairman of the Petrograd Soviets and he began to direct the transformation of the Soviet into an adjunct of the par ... Bolshevik soviets to form a new Bolshevik control structure. The Bolsheviks used their power in the Petrograd Soviet to set-up a 2nd All-Russian Congress of Soviets on October 20 (agreed September 26) ...
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The Bolshevik Revolution
The Bolshevik Revolution Lenin and the Bolsheviks seized power and gained control of the Petrograd Soviet, as well as soviets in other major Russian cities. By 1917, people said "All power ... Provisional Government Topples In November 1917, Bloshevik Red Guards stormed the Winter Palace in Petrograd, taking over government offices and arresting the leaders of the provisional governemnt. T ...
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Trotsky's role as a revolutionary between 1917-1940. Discuss Trotsky's role as a revolutionary in the period 1917-1940
to many successful revolutions.On September 9 the Bolsheviks were able to secure a majority in the Petrograd Soviet, The Bolsheviks then used their numbers to elect Trotsky as the first Bolshevik pre ... y as the first Bolshevik president of the Petrograd Soviet. With his new status as president of the Petrograd soviet Trotsky called on the Kerensky government to resign immediately and for all power t ...
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Russian History: Order Number 1
Following the February Revolution, Order Number 1 was issued March 1, 1917 by The Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers Deputies. The Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' D ... ional Government and Military Commission of their respected entitlements in government. Many in the Petrograd Soviet feared that officers were sympathetic towards the Duma and might try to crush the r ... by taking control of all armories away and giving them to committees of lower-classed soldiers. The Petrograd Soviet also reserved for itself the right to contradict and reverse any military orders gi ...
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