Bolsheviks after the October 1917 Revolution

• after the october 1917 revolution, the bolsheviks wanted to establish power in moscow and petrograd first

  this allowed political opposition to rise in the east
• the bolsheviks wanted to inspire the population by negoatiating 'bread, land, peace'
• first,

  the bolsheviks had a populist policy

  they gave land and got rid of the aristocracy - the educated enemy that could rise up against them
• second

  the bolsheviks wanted to get away from the war as it had brought down two governments

  • the Tsar in february 1917
  • and the provisional government through the June offensive
• third

  bread should have been the most important, but Russia did not have the necessary agriculural machinery - so it would take years for significant change

  bread was something they had promised but werent able to give