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Mind Map by charlotte151996, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by charlotte151996
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Return of Lenin -
April 1917
- Political ideas
- Marxist idea - history follow a
pre-determined path leading to
communism.
- Russia still behind
with 80% of pop.
peasants.
- Instead of industry workers
leading a socialist revolution -
party of professional
revolutionaries (vanguard party)
lead revolution.
- Caused split in Social Democrat
party - Mensheviks and
Bolsheviks.
- Caused split in Social Democrat
party - Mensheviks and
Bolsheviks.
- Bolshevik leaders lived outside
Russia = B. illegal in Russia.
- Russia still behind
with 80% of pop.
peasants.
- Marxist idea - history follow a
pre-determined path leading to
communism.
- Return to Russia
- Saw Feb. Rev. as important part of
road to socialism.
- Supported creation of the
PG and Petrograd soviet.
- Supported creation of the
PG and Petrograd soviet.
- Lenin delivered 90 min. speech condemning
PG and demanded immediate social
revolution.
- Saw Feb. Rev. as important part of
road to socialism.
- The April Theses
- Had to win over Bolsheviks in
Russia to his view of a social
revolution.
- Realised war was unpopular and
exploited idea to gain popularity.
- Realised war was unpopular and
exploited idea to gain popularity.
- Main rallying cries :
'Peace, Land & Bread'
and 'All power to the
Soviets'.
- Gain support
and undermine
PG.
- Peace,
Bread &
Land
- Popular message in
exhausted by war and food
shortages.
- Highlighted PG support for the
unpopular war and failure to address
land and food problems.
- Highlighted PG support for the
unpopular war and failure to address
land and food problems.
- Popular message in
exhausted by war and food
shortages.
- All Power to the
Soviets
- PG made entirely of landowners and
middle class who were not looking in
workers and peasants best interest.
- PG made entirely of landowners and
middle class who were not looking in
workers and peasants best interest.
- Gain support
and undermine
PG.
- Had to win over Bolsheviks in
Russia to his view of a social
revolution.
- Impact of Lenin's return
- Had to win over his own party to
his views.
- Party's creator and main
political thinker = enormous
influence.
- Party's creator and main
political thinker = enormous
influence.
- April 21st - Attempt to topple
PG by mass demonstrations.
- For the rest
of 1917 -
Lenin tried
to increase
popularity of
the
Bolsheviks
and oust
PG.
- Had to win over his own party to
his views.
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