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Tactically, the Bolsheviks seized key railroad, telegraph and military installations that paralyzed the Provisional Government and kept it from being able to coordinate a defense.
The Bolsheviks were a minority Marxist revolutionary group that most revolutionaries did not want to have full governmental power. The other parties did feel that it would be better to have the Provisional Government overthrown and work out the details of other parties participating in the government later. The feeling was that the Bolsheviks would be outvoted and removed. They actually thought the Bolsheviks would permit other parties to participate in the new government. They were wrong.
The Bolsheviks had been recruiting followers in the army. They had so many that many units simply refused to obey orders and turned on their officers and shot them.
By October, the Bolsheviks had many of their followers as members of the local councils of workers, soldiers and peasants called soviets. The Provisional Government had an agreement with the soviets that it would not pass any major legislation without first consulting the soviets. Thus, the Bolsheviks had the support of the soviets, which had strong influence on what was done in the government and they backed the Bolsheviks.
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The communists succeeded in overthrowing the Provisional Government in the November 1917 Revolution because .?
the Provisional Government lost the support of the people and the army
The November 1917 Revolution that ousted the Provisional Government can BEST be described as a?
armed takeover by the communists
Who were the Russians fighting during the Russian Revolution?
The Communists were overthrowing the Tzars.
What was the 1917 victory of the Communists in Russia?
No, they were not. The czar was toppled in the February Revolution of 1917 when the army and police refused to obey his orders to quell rioting and demonstrations against his rule were going on in Petrograd, Moscow and other cities. An interim government called the Provisional Government was created to govern until a Constitutional Assembly could be elected to make a new constitution. The "communists" (at that time still named Bolsheviks) toppled the Provisional Government in the October Revolution of 1917. By this time, the czar had already been defeated and was no longer in power. So, to be precise, the czar was not defeated by the communists.
What pulled russia out of World War 1 led to communist take over?
The Russian Revolution was the civil war that Russia had for a period of time between the traditional Russian government and the Communists. The Communists would end up overthrowing the Russian government and establishing their own.
What was one of the results of the Russian Revolution?
One result of the Russian Revolution of 1905 was the creation of the Duma, a democratically elected house of parliament and the issuance by Tsar Nicholas II of the October Manifesto, which promised greater freedoms of individual liberties. One result of the February Revolution of 1917 was the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II in favor of the Provisional Government. One result of the October Revolution of 1917 was the overthrow of the Provisional Government and the takeover of the country by Lenin and the Bolsheviks, later known as Communists.
Who were the Bolsheviks and what did they believe?
The Bolsheviks were a group of radical communists who wanted to overthrow the czarist government and later, the Provisional government. They were led by Vladimir Lenin
Who led the revolution in Russia?
The "communist revolution" was led by Vladimir Lenin and his Bolshevik Party followers. There were two Russian Revolutions in 1917. The February Revolution ousted the Czar, but was not a communist revolution. The October Revolution was orchestrated by Lenin and the Bolsheviks and ousted the Provisional Government set up after the February Revolution. The Bolshevik changed their name to Communists in March 1918.
What tactics did some communist groups employ to take control of their nations governments?
In the Russian revolution the Bolsheviks (communists) overthrew the provisional government.
When was the Russian czar taken over by communists?
Tsar Nicholas II was overthrown in the February Revolution of 1917 when he abdicated in March. Communist rule was not established until the end of October that year when the October Revolution by Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks (later renamed Communists) overthrew Russia's Provisional Government and took over.
What year did Vladimir Lenin lead the Russian Revolution?
It was 1917 when Lenin and the Bolsheviks in a nearly bloodless coup took over the Provisional Government that had been in place since the February 1917 revolution. The Provisional Government was dissolved and Lenin assumed power in Russia. It wasn't until 1920 that his hold on Russia was solidified, because the Russian Civil War soon broke out and lasted until 1920.
Why did the communists succeeded in overthrowing the Provisional Government in November 1917 Revolution?
Tactically, the Bolsheviks seized key railroad, telegraph and military installations that paralyzed the Provisional Government and kept it from being able to coordinate a defense. The Bolsheviks were a minority Marxist revolutionary group that most revolutionaries did not want to have full governmental power. The other parties did feel that it would be better to have the Provisional Government overthrown and work out the details of other parties participating in the government later. The feeling was that the Bolsheviks would be outvoted and removed. They actually thought the Bolsheviks would permit other parties to participate in the new government. They were wrong. The Bolsheviks had been recruiting followers in the army. They had so many that many units simply refused to obey orders and turned on their officers and shot them. By October, the Bolsheviks had many of their followers as members of the local councils of workers, soldiers and peasants called soviets. The Provisional Government had an agreement with the soviets that it would not pass any major legislation without first consulting the soviets. Thus, the Bolsheviks had the support of the soviets, which had strong influence on what was done in the government and they backed the Bolsheviks.
