notes
- The Kronstadt Mutiny
- 20 000 armed sailors took control of Petrograd and demanded the Soviet take power
- Kornilov affair - the Bolsheviks are seen as defenders of Petrograd
- Kornilov threatened to attack the city
- Lenin led the Petrograd uprising and it was bloodless
- Cruiser Aurora fired one blank shot at Winter Palace
- Winter palace defended by Cossacks, Women's Battalion of Death and cadets
OUTCOMES
- Power now belonged to the Soviets
- Mensheviks and the centre-right believed the Bolsheviks had gained power illegally
- They walked out of the Second Congress of Soviets
- Decree on land allowed peasants to seize private land and redistribute it
- Decree on Peace proposed a withdrawal from WWI (Treaty of Brest-Litovsk)
- 20 000 armed sailors took control of Petrograd and demanded the Soviet take power
- Kornilov affair - the Bolsheviks are seen as defenders of Petrograd
- Kornilov threatened to attack the city
- Lenin led the Petrograd uprising and it was bloodless
- Cruiser Aurora fired one blank shot at Winter Palace
- Winter palace defended by Cossacks, Women's Battalion of Death and cadets
OUTCOMES
- Power now belonged to the Soviets
- Mensheviks and the centre-right believed the Bolsheviks had gained power illegally
- They walked out of the Second Congress of Soviets
- Decree on land allowed peasants to seize private land and redistribute it
- Decree on Peace proposed a withdrawal from WWI (Treaty of Brest-Litovsk)
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summary
The Bolsheviks take power after a 20,000 person rally in Petrograd shows great support for their beliefs.