1. What Source A suggests about the position of the Bolsheviks by September 1917 is that they had taken power. They had promised the people with bread, peace and land, winning them over. By the end of September they Bolsheviks had ‘majorities in the Petrograd and Moscow Soviets.’ This means they controlled most of the land. They had no opposition as they have removed the threat of Kornilov and held most of the ‘major towns and cities.’
2. The Provisional Government lost support in 1917 because they did not listen to the people’s needs. When the Tsar abdicated in 1917, the Provisional Government took control of Russia, but they had a competitor, the Soviets. In March 1917, the PG gave the people’s needs, (such as food, transport and supplies) to the Soviet. This gave the people a chance to look up to the Soviets instead of the PG and gave the Soviets more power. The PG also decided to carry on fighting in the War. This was good in the Long-Term, but at the time, the people didn’t want to fight in the war any longer and it seemed like the PG was against the people. The people wanted land and elections, which the PG had promised, but, being so preoccupied by the war, didn’t happen straight away. As a result, the PG lost followers. In April, Lenin returned from Switzerland and promised things that the people …show more content…
I don’t think Source B is very useful for studying the Bolshevik seizure of power in 1917. First of all, it’s very difficult to tell exactly what is going on in the picture. You can see that people are fighting in it. There aren’t any distinct landmarks or features that you can see, so we can’t tell where it is happening. Though the people are fighting, it doesn’t explain how the Bolsheviks seized power other than the fact that they clearly took this power by force. The Bolsheviks stormed the Winter Palace and made the PG surrender. Source B doesn’t show this clearly. It does show to a degree, how they took power, but it doesn’t show it distinctly
2. The Provisional Government lost support in 1917 because they did not listen to the people’s needs. When the Tsar abdicated in 1917, the Provisional Government took control of Russia, but they had a competitor, the Soviets. In March 1917, the PG gave the people’s needs, (such as food, transport and supplies) to the Soviet. This gave the people a chance to look up to the Soviets instead of the PG and gave the Soviets more power. The PG also decided to carry on fighting in the War. This was good in the Long-Term, but at the time, the people didn’t want to fight in the war any longer and it seemed like the PG was against the people. The people wanted land and elections, which the PG had promised, but, being so preoccupied by the war, didn’t happen straight away. As a result, the PG lost followers. In April, Lenin returned from Switzerland and promised things that the people …show more content…
I don’t think Source B is very useful for studying the Bolshevik seizure of power in 1917. First of all, it’s very difficult to tell exactly what is going on in the picture. You can see that people are fighting in it. There aren’t any distinct landmarks or features that you can see, so we can’t tell where it is happening. Though the people are fighting, it doesn’t explain how the Bolsheviks seized power other than the fact that they clearly took this power by force. The Bolsheviks stormed the Winter Palace and made the PG surrender. Source B doesn’t show this clearly. It does show to a degree, how they took power, but it doesn’t show it distinctly