Lenin's first act was to abolish the private ownership of property and nationalize it all for future redistribution to the peasant farmers. After that his major actions were the arrests of members of opposing political parties, dissolving the newly elected Constituent Assembly and ending Russia's involvement in World War 1.
After seizing power, the Bolsheviks became the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
the bolsheviks seized power
The Communists was the Bolsheviks new name after seizing power in 1917. In March 1918 the officially changed the name.
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.
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.
The Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin.
Czar Nicholas II was murdered on the night of July 16/17, 1918, by members of the Bolsheviks who had seized power in Russia in the October Revolution in 1917.
The Bolsheviks successfully seized power in Russia by capitalizing on popular discontent with the Provisional Government, organizing a military uprising in Petrograd, and gaining support from the urban working class and the military. They also used propaganda and promises of land, peace, and bread to rally support for their cause.
The Bolsheviks were a faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party led by Vladimir Lenin. They believed in a revolutionary overthrow of the Tsarist autocracy in Russia and the establishment of a socialist state. The Bolsheviks ultimately seized power in the October Revolution of 1917 and formed the Soviet government.
A small group of Bolsheviks seized power and set up a state capitalist dictatorship.
October Revolution 1917, Palace Revolution.
The Bolsheviks, who had seized power in the October Revolution and took control of Tsar Nicholas II and all his family. A Czech contingent of the White Army was on its way to liberate the royal family when the Bolsheviks decided it was better for them to be shot than be restored to the throne.