why the Bolsheviks succeeded included Trotsky’s role‚ which was debatably more important‚ and the problems with the Provisional Government‚ which made it unpopular‚ increasing support to the Bolsheviks and meant that any future revolution was inevitable. Lenin’s leadership was crucial in a number of respects. He was a brilliant orator so the Bolsheviks were well led. At the Central Committee meeting on the 23rd October 1917‚ Lenin forced through an agenda item‚ when the leading Bolsheviks‚ Zinoviev
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looking for help and the Bolshevik party‚ created with the help of Lenin and Trotsky in the year 1917‚ had the answer. Slowly‚ they had managed to become one of the most powerful parties ever created‚ but many factors were to cause the consolidation of power. In this essay I will be comparing the significance of Vladimir Lenin in the Bolshevik consolidation of power with another important factor; Leon Trotsky. In my opinion the
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“Why did the Bolsheviks win the civil war?” There were a few key reasons as to why the Bolsheviks won the civil war. The most important reason that helped them to succeed was Trotsky. Furthermore‚ there communication between each other‚ their control of the railway and their strong‚ direct intentions all produced a successful win. Lenin also kept structure to the Russian public which portrayed Lenin as an iconic figure. All of these reasons really proved necessary for the Bolsheviks to succeed‚
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relationship with the tsars and opposition to the liberals. The Bolsheviks were persistent in their antagonism toward religion‚ with their atheist ideals‚ they considered religion to be an opium. The revolution of 1917 proposed religious freedom‚ hence the church saw this as an opportunity to liberate itself from state control. A significant moment in the history of Russian‚ and the Russian Orthodox Church‚
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(especially peasants) 1918 1918 March the Bolsheviks accepted peace of Brest-Litovsk‚ ending WWI with Germany. Reading collapse of provisional government Bolshevik forces had no need to storm the gates Red guards simply stormed in through the back doors didn’t take much pressure speed and easy of Bolshevik’s power surprised everyone 14 people - all left now ruled‚ the right wing people walked out and protested 5 reasons for the Bolsheviks success failure of previous government to resist
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The Russian Civil War Basic Work Rough Draft Intro The primary cause of the Russian Civil War was the breach between the Bolsheviks and non-Bolsheviks. This breach was caused by a number of events‚ one of them being the Russian Revolution‚ which occurred throughout 1917. The Russian Revolution consisted of two parts‚ the first part being the February Revolution‚ where Tsar Nicholas II was forced out of his position and the Russian monarchy was replaced by a provisional government. Most Russians
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changed. Vladimir Ilych Ulyanov‚ aka “Lenin”‚ saw the rise of the Bolshevik government after World War I. From the October Revolution‚ there was opposition to the Bolshevik government. Alexander Kerensky’s provisional government was doomed to fail from the beginning; from reasons such as the very heavy military losses Russia was experiencing on the
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Olga‚ Tatiana‚ Maria‚ Anastasia‚ and Alexei were then put under house arrest in the Ural Mountains. The Tsar was forced to abdicate his throne when protests broke out on the streets of Petrograd‚ which is now St. Petersburg. Later that year the Bolsheviks took power in Russia from the provisional government and set up the world’s first communist state (History.com Para. 3). During his reign Nicholas II was disliked by many of the Russian people‚ which may be because his troops used brutal procedures
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in the twentieth century‚ the Bolshevik Revolution‚ is just one way. While Machiavelli writes a limited amount on how to deal with power struggles and war within your own country‚ they are nonetheless still applicable. Machiavelli’s ideas can be easily applied to many parts of the year 1917 in Russian history by looking at where the past leaders failed‚ where the new leaders made right and outside influences. The beginning of the Russian revolution‚ or Bolshevik revolution‚ is vital to the understanding
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ideology to communism by his speeches‚ slogans and other forms of propaganda. On the other hand‚ Trotsky was more of a realist. He took care of the action the Bolsheviks had to take in order to be successful. He‚ assumingly‚ led the Bolshevik riots in the July days and defeated the Provisional Government. He was also the one to have led the Bolsheviks to victory in the Civil War. Lenin’s ideal way of spreading communism was mainly by brainwashing the Russian people. We he returned to Russia in 1917 he
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