How important was Lenin compared to Trotsky in the Bolshevik coming to and consolidating power between 1917 and 1924? Russia is extremely large but much of the land is barren. As a result Russia experienced many problems‚ especially due to its backward nature. As Russia was a vast empire it was difficult to control and resulting in many revolutions. The Russian Revolution was the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917‚ which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet
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“To what extent did the Bolsheviks succeed in the October Revolution and the Civil War due to weakness in opposition?” The Bolsheviks were not a majority party in Russia‚ and it is therefore quite an achievement that they not only managed to gain power‚ but that they held on to it. On paper‚ you would not have thought the Bolsheviks would have been able to seize power or maintain it if faced with any substantial opposition‚ so does this mean that their success was dependant on the weakness of
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Vladimir Lenin was an outstanding figure of significance during the Russian Revolution. Under his strong leadership and with the help of his loyal followers‚ Lenin enabled the Bolsheviks to come into power‚ overturning the Provisional Government in the second revolution of the year. This has long been regarded as an important factor that contributed to this seizing of power. However‚ it is not the sole reason‚ nor is it the most important one‚ with two others being the incompetence of the Provisional
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the Bolsheviks’ success in the revolution of November 1917? Prior to Lenin’s return the Bolsheviks had little support as they were an illegal organisation hunted down by the secret police. They welcomed the February Revolution‚ the provisional government and the Petrograd soviet. However upon Lenin’s return he gave a speech suggesting that the provisional government were bad and an immediate social revolution must be achieved. This contradicted Bolshevik views. Lenin wanted the Bolsheviks to lead
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The Bolsheviks acted in a brutal manner during the year 1917-1924; however this was not the main reason why they remained in power during that time frame. Instead their survival can mostly be attributed to the weakness of their opposition‚ who displayed a lack of organisation and unification. There were other reasons for the Bolsheviks’ remaining in power between 1917 and 1924‚ such as the efficiency and strong leadership of the Bolsheviks‚ and their geographical advantages; but these were ultimately
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How far do you agree that the brutality of the Bolsheviks was the main reason why they remained in power in the years 1917–24? This essay shall address the issue of how the far the brutality of Bolshevik Regime ensured the maintaining of it’s power between the years of 1917-24. This essay shall explore topics concerning the ‘Dictatorship Of The Proletariat’‚ The Cheka‚ War Communism‚ The Red Terror and other potential reasons for the Bolsheviks remaining in power. This essay shall also explore the
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To what extent would you consider the failure of the Provisional Government and the success of the Bolsheviks in October 1917 to be a direct consequence of Russia’s involvement in World War 1? Russia’s involvement in World War One had been a topic of much bitterness within Russia for a number of years and continued to be a source of much resentment. The working class and peasantry had suffered greatly‚ thousands of soldiers had been lost in the war and a general feeling of military humiliation
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I believe that the Bolsheviks controlling more people and having access to more weapons was a key factor in them winning the war. They controlled the industrial heart of Russia‚ which included Petrograd and Moscow‚ this also meant they had control of all the factories‚ and the railway lines. Control of the factories meant they were able to made more supplies‚ and control of the railway networks meant that they could transport troops and supplies around. Petrograd and Moscow alone were home to 60
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In 1917 Lenin and the Bolsheviks‚ known as the Communists or Reds‚ had seized control over Petrograd and Moscow quite easily. However‚ they controlled only part of Russia and many groups opposed them. The Mensheviks‚ Social Revolutionaries and supporters of the Tsar said they had no right to rule. Collectively‚ these opponents became known as the Whites. The Whites were opposed to the Reds for two main reasons: they seized the land‚ property and factories of the well off and they attacked religious
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to adhere to the commitment but felt that the Bolsheviks had no choice but to allow the election to proceed: the people wanted an election although Lenin knew that they would lose. Election was held in November 1917 and results show that the SR’s attained the most number of seats to be followed by the Bolsheviks. The vast majority of peasants‚ who made up 80% of the country at the time‚ supported the Socialist Revolutionary’s while the Bolsheviks received most of their support from among the
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