how did World War 1 help the Bolsheviks seize power in Russia in 1917
Russia did not do well in World War 1. Losses were so high that Russia withdrew from the war in 1917, increasing the Russian people's dissatisfaction with Czarist rule.
Febuary 1917
The Bolsheviks did not seize power during the Russian Civil War. They had already seized governmental power from the Provisional Government in 1917. The civil war is generally figured to have started in 1918. The Bolsheviks managed to retain their power, not seize it, by winning the civil war.
They were originally called Bolsheviks (Russian for "One of the Majority.") The were originated in 1903, and gradually became the dominant political party. Organized and led by Lenin, they seize full control of the government in 1917. They became the Russian Communist Party (of Bolsheviks) in March 1918, then the All-Union Communist Party (of Bolsheviks) in December 1925; and finally the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in October 1952.
If you mean during WW1, while the Provisional Government was in control of Russia, Lenin returned to Petrograd on the 16th April with the help of theGerman government (because the Germans figured that if the Bolsheviks were in power of Russia, they'd withdraw from the war and even if they failed to seize power, the turmoil in Russia could only help Germany's war aims).
The Bolsheviks took advantage of the political and social situation in 1917 to seize power during the RussianRevolution. They did so through the precise leadership of Lenin and Trotsky, oppositional weakness, and such decisions as disbanding the army and winning the peasant majority through promises of land, food, equality, and peace.
Febuary 1917
The Bolsheviks did not seize power during the Russian Civil War. They had already seized governmental power from the Provisional Government in 1917. The civil war is generally figured to have started in 1918. The Bolsheviks managed to retain their power, not seize it, by winning the civil war.
October Revolution 1917, Palace Revolution.
The Great October Socialist Revolution of 1917 saw the Bolsheviks seize the main power base in Russia. They staged an armed insurrection in Petrograd and succeeded in establishing themselves as the new governing power.
Squads of Red Gaurds joined mutinoussailors from the Russian fleet in attacking the provisional government, in a matter of days the provisional government was overthrown and the bolsheviks siezed power
Squads of Red Gaurds joined mutinoussailors from the Russian fleet in attacking the provisional government, in a matter of days the provisional government was overthrown and the bolsheviks siezed power.
The Mensheviks were the other communist party in Russia who were more closely associated with the believes of Marx and felt that communism should come to Russia naturally, unlike the Bolsheviks who believed a revolution should be instigated by a small group on behalf of the proletariat. The Bolsheviks would eventually seize control of Russia under Lenin.
The Bolsheviks took power from the Russian Provisional Government in November 1917 (October according to the Russian calendar). At that time the Provisional Government had already replaced Tsar Nicholas II and by November it was headed by Alexander Kerensky. The Bolsheviks did not seize power from Tsar Nicholas II. The Provisional Government was set up in place of the Tsar's government to maintain order and run the country until a new constitution could be written.
They were originally called Bolsheviks (Russian for "One of the Majority.") The were originated in 1903, and gradually became the dominant political party. Organized and led by Lenin, they seize full control of the government in 1917. They became the Russian Communist Party (of Bolsheviks) in March 1918, then the All-Union Communist Party (of Bolsheviks) in December 1925; and finally the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in October 1952.
If you mean during WW1, while the Provisional Government was in control of Russia, Lenin returned to Petrograd on the 16th April with the help of theGerman government (because the Germans figured that if the Bolsheviks were in power of Russia, they'd withdraw from the war and even if they failed to seize power, the turmoil in Russia could only help Germany's war aims).
Squads of Red Gaurds joined mutinoussailors from the Russian fleet in attacking the provisional government, in a matter of days the provisional government was overthrown and the bolsheviks siezed power
The Bolsheviks took advantage of the political and social situation in 1917 to seize power during the RussianRevolution. They did so through the precise leadership of Lenin and Trotsky, oppositional weakness, and such decisions as disbanding the army and winning the peasant majority through promises of land, food, equality, and peace.