The 1917 Revolution (OCT)
The Kronstadt Mutiny
20,000 armed sailors took control of Petrograd and demanded the Soviet taking power.
Kornilov affair- The Bolsheviks are seen as defenders of Petrograd
Kornilov threatened to attack the city
Bolsheviks lef by Trotsky (Military side)
Lenin led the Petrograd uprising and it was bloodless. All it took was to sail in a war ship and fire a blank shot. Basically threatening if you dont surrender, i'll flatten the city.
Cruiser Aurora fired one blank shot at Winter palace
Winter Palace defended by Cossacks (wealthy people on horseback that supported the Tzar), Womens Battalion of Death and cadets. This hand over of power with Lenin and the Bolsheviks, happen very quickly with very little bloodshed.
OUTCOMES
"Go where you belong from now on... into the dustbin of history!"
Power now belonged to Soviets
Breaks into Mensheviks saw things differently than the bolsheviks. They believed communism should be brought in but there shouldn't be a single leader. The Mesheviks and the Centre0right believed the Bolsheviks had gained power illegally. As a result they walkd out of the Second Congress of Soviets.
Decree on land allowed peasants to seize private land and redistribute it
Decree on Peace proposed a withdrawal from WW1 (Treaty of Brest-Litovsk)
20,000 armed sailors took control of Petrograd and demanded the Soviet taking power.
Kornilov affair- The Bolsheviks are seen as defenders of Petrograd
Kornilov threatened to attack the city
Bolsheviks lef by Trotsky (Military side)
Lenin led the Petrograd uprising and it was bloodless. All it took was to sail in a war ship and fire a blank shot. Basically threatening if you dont surrender, i'll flatten the city.
Cruiser Aurora fired one blank shot at Winter palace
Winter Palace defended by Cossacks (wealthy people on horseback that supported the Tzar), Womens Battalion of Death and cadets. This hand over of power with Lenin and the Bolsheviks, happen very quickly with very little bloodshed.
OUTCOMES
"Go where you belong from now on... into the dustbin of history!"
Power now belonged to Soviets
Breaks into Mensheviks saw things differently than the bolsheviks. They believed communism should be brought in but there shouldn't be a single leader. The Mesheviks and the Centre0right believed the Bolsheviks had gained power illegally. As a result they walkd out of the Second Congress of Soviets.
Decree on land allowed peasants to seize private land and redistribute it
Decree on Peace proposed a withdrawal from WW1 (Treaty of Brest-Litovsk)