In November 1917, what did Lenin do to prepare for the Bolshevik revolution?
2 Answers
He prepared the besieging of the Winter Palace in order to arrest the provisional government
Explanation:
The Winter Palace was besieged in November 1917, it was the first step of the Bolshevik Revolution. The government were arrested and the clock in the room in which they had met was stopped foverer at 2:10.
November 17 was only the final step in Lenin's efforts to undermine democratic forces in Russia and create a Communistic government.
Explanation:
In 1905 Lenin proposed that Communist party pay for professional activists and restrict membership to the totally committed. This created a split in the Socialistic movement in Russia. The Party under Lenin organized criminal activities to fund the professionals, including a $125,000 bank robbery. This professional would be the core of the Communist Bolshevik party.
Lenin worked to undermine any revolutionary movement against the Tsar other than his own. Lenin wrote articles to discredit the Economists that wanted to create a capitalistic democracy to replace the feudal Tsar's government. The Bolshevik members of the fledgling representative body of the Third Duma worked to disrupt the voting of the Duma.
After the Tsar was deposed in Feb 1917 a provisional government was formed. Lenin returned to Russia from excile in April 1917, and worked to destable the provisional government. In the elections the Bolsheviks earned only 22-25% of the seats in the Constituent Assembly. The Bolsheviks took over the Government by force in November 1917 .
The Bolsheviks means majority party. Lenin calling the Communists the majority was a brilliant PR move that helped him to prepare for taking over the power of the government.
