October Revolution 🪷

• What event increased popular support for radical change after September?

  Protests supporting the soviets
• What did Lenin stress the need for from exile?

  To take advantage of popular support
• How did Lenin exploit the weaknesses of the Provisional Government?

  By highlighting unresolved war and land issues
• What slogan did Lenin use to emphasize collaboration with workers?

  All Power to the Soviets
• What developments did Lenin warn would hinder Bolshevik success in October?

  Congress of Soviets and Constituent Assembly elections
• What was the promise of the Provisional Government after the revolution?

  To establish a dictatorship of the proletariat
• What was the intended outcome of the dictatorship of the proletariat?

  To lead to a stateless society, communism
• How did Lenin's rule differ from the original promise of the revolution?

  He dictated to the proletariat instead of leading
• How was the October Revolution characterized in terms of violence?

  Achieved with very little force and bloodshed
• What were the consequences of the Bolshevik seizure of power?

  • Ended government by autocratic regime
  • Promised dictatorship of the proletariat
  • Aimed for eventual communism
  • Led to Lenin's dictatorial control