Petrograd Soviet

The icy cold winter night echoed with the sounds of the rioters and protesters in Petrograd, they were angry at the terrible working conditions in the factories. Many people became very disheveled and angered once Russia entered the Great War, Russia was not very prepared for war with the much more developed German military. Everyday, there were shortages of basic necessities, food shortages, and fuel as well, not to mention, the people’s anger that millions of their soldiers had died on the…

yurodivy had a certain immunity, safe within their eccentricity, that allowed them to speak out against societal ills. In the Soviet Union, speaking out against the government or society was a death sentence, if not a one way ticket to a Siberian prison, or gulag. In such an oppressive atmosphere, a yurodivy would have to…

This essay is about the defeat of the Russian Tsars during the twentieth century. A tsar is an autocratic ruler or leader. It all started on the year 1917 the date November 6 and 7. During the year 1917 it was the year of explosive political events. The leader of the Bolshevik Party was Vladimir Lenin. During that year there was a provisional government had been assembled by a group of leaders from the Russia’s bourgeois capitalist class. Lenin seized power and destroyed the tradition 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…

Petersburg (then Russia’s capital) and resumed revolutionary activities. During the Revolution of 1905, revolutionaries briefly took control of St. Petersburg and created a soviet (a council of workers). A major leader in this soviet was Leon Trotsky, who served as vice-chairman. Trotsky was exiled following the arrest of the soviet by the imperial government. Trotsky would later join the Bolsheviks along with Lenin. Their revolutionary activities would become very important during the…

Petersburg, renamed Petrograd. As a result, the Czar fled and a temporary government was put in place. The March Revolution caused the Bolsheviks to become even more determined to seize power, a feeling heightened by the return of Vladimir Lenin from exile in April. Led by Lenin…

must not be underestimated, due to the fact that if he had not been part of the chairmanship of the Petrograd Soviet, the Bolsheviks would not have had its Military Revolutionary Committee. Trotsky had the influence to guide these soldiers and therefore the Red Guards were at the disposal of the Bolshevik. Lenin thus gave the order to Trotsky, and he ordered them to seize key vantage points in Petrograd. Once these forces were in place, the Provisional had no other option than to give up when…

The significance of War Communism implemented by the Bolshevik Party from 1918-1921 can be measured in a number of different ways such as how it represented an important turning point for the Soviet Union, how it affected many Russian people and their lives, how it led to other important events, the impact it had on industry and the economy and how it had long-term political consequences. Although War Communism was significant for all those reasons mentioned above it was most significant because…

The Petrograd Soviet wanted the war to end because it was draining Russia’s army, which had no spirit to fight anymore. This allowed the revolution to push forth and Lenin gained more followers. In the April Theses, Lenin stated that there is “no support for the Provisional Government” (Packet). The Bolshevik Party joined the Petrograd Soviets and won the majority of the Constituent Assembly. Through this, Lenin achieved the dictatorship of the proletariat. He created the Congress of Soviets and…

However, without the ruler, Russia began to depend on the Provisional Government and the Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies even though “The Provisional Government does not possess any real power, and its directives are carried out only to the extent that it is permitted by the Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies…” (Richardson 62). Despite the Provisional Government’s lack of power, Lenin still disagreed with the working cooperation…