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The main reason is that the Tsar (Nicholas) had been losing control of his nation since rebellion had been brewing during the Russo-Japanese War in 1904-1905. The Russian battleship Potemkin, part of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, erupted into mutiny after receiving news of the Battle of Tsushima (Baltic Fleet wiped out) in May 1905. Bluntly put, the Tsarist government was on the verge of collapse in 1905, the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 was simply a better time for it to happen; since the Tsar had just left one war against the Japanese nine years earlier, only to find himself embroiled with another one in 1914, this time with the Germans.
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How were the Bolsheviks able to seize power from the proviaional government?
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.
During the Russian Civil War Communists became known as?
Bolsheviks.
When was the Civil War in Russia?
The Russian Civil War was between 1917 and 1920. The Red faction, also called the Bolsheviks, won.
Did the Western Powers supported the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War?
ANSWER No they didn't. They instead sent to Russia military forces which fought against the Bolsheviks.
What was the outcome of the Bolsheviks revolution?
The Bolsheviks ruined The Soviet Union's economy and not to mention the civil war that raged between them and their opponents who formed the White Army
