Revolution (Communism)
Notes
-The Kronstadt 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 -Korniloc threatened to attack the city -Lenin led the Petrograd uprising and it was bloodless -Cruiser Aurora fired one blank shot at Winter palace -Winter Palace defended by Cossacks Women's of Battalion of death and cadets Outcomes of the Revolution -Power now belonged to the Soviets ( Group of people to create equally, olitical party in city) -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 all and redistribute it -Decree on Peace proposed a withdrawal from WW1 (treaty of Brest-Litovsk (forced to give out mass amount of land) |
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Political Cartoon
Subjunctive Question
If the power had not been in the hands of the soviets. How would the outcomes of the revolution have differed?
Interesting fact
Lenins party ran its own propaganda machine, including the newspaper Pravda (‘Truth’), which got their ideas across
Summary
The Oct./ Nov Revolution was known as the Communist Revolution. The Kronstadt Mutiny- 20 000 armed sailors took control of Petrograd and demanded the Soviet to take power. The Bolsheviks defended the city while Kornilov threatened to attack it. Lenin led the bloodles uprising of Petrograd. Cruiser Aurora fired a blank shot at Winter Palace and the Soviets gained power of Russia.