the 1917 revolution (oct.)
-The Kronstadt Mutiny
20 000 armed sailors took control of Petrograd and demande 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 Petrograd uprising and it was bloodless
-Cruiser Aurora fired one blank shot at Winter Palace
-Winter Palace defended by Cossacks, women's Battalion of Death and cadets
20 000 armed sailors took control of Petrograd and demande 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 Petrograd uprising and it was bloodless
-Cruiser Aurora fired one blank shot at Winter Palace
-Winter Palace defended by Cossacks, women's Battalion of Death and cadets
Outcomes
"Go where you belong from now on... into the dustbin of history!"
-Power now belonged to the Soviets
-Mensheviks and the Centre-right believed the Bolsheviks had gained power illigally
-they walked 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 WWI (Treaty of Brest - Litovsk)
-Power now belonged to the Soviets
-Mensheviks and the Centre-right believed the Bolsheviks had gained power illigally
-they walked 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 WWI (Treaty of Brest - Litovsk)
Winter Palace