The Bolsheviks
The Revolution Con't "Peace, Land, and Bread"
The Revolution Con't "Peace, Land, and Bread"
- Vladimir Lenin returns form exile in April
- Germans helped assist him by giving him a train and passage through Finland
- States April Theses denouncing the war
- Lenin led Russia into Communism
- Founded the Bolsheviks
- The Kronstadt Mutiny
- 20,000 armed soldiers took control of Petrograd and demanded the Soviets take power
- Kornilov affair- The Bolsheviks are seen as defenders of Petrograd
- Kornilov threatened to attack the city
- Bolsheviks led by Leon Trotsky (Military side)
- Lenin led by the Petrograd uprising and it was bloodless
- Cruiser Aurora fired on blank shot at Winter palace
- Winter Palace defended by Cossacks, Woman's Battalion of Death and cadets
Summary
Lenin founded the Bolsheviks in hopes in leading Russia after the failed attempt after the Provisional Government. In this, Lenin lead this party into a communist idea.
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Quotes"The goal of socialism is communism." -Vladimir Lenin
"Fascism is capitalism in decay." -Vladimir Lenin |