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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 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
Why did Russian communists overthrow their country's monarchy?
Russian communists were not heavily involved in the overthrow of the monarchy. The Tsar had already abdicated and handed power to a liberal provisional government who the communists overthrew. The Provisional government was established in March of 1917, the Bolshevik revolution was in October of 1917.
Who were the Russians fighting during the Russian Revolution?
The Communists were overthrowing the Tzars.
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.
In the Russian revolution of 1917 were the czars defeated by the communists?
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 revolution took place in Russia in 1917?
The Russian Revolution, which consisted of the February Revolution in which Tsar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate and the Bolshevik Revolution known as the October Revolution or Red October, in which the Bolsheviks (later known as Communists) deposed the Provisional Government and took control of the country.
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 were the Bolsheviks and what did they believe in?
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
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.
