1. Provisional Government weak (Government That’s Provisional Will Be Killed) – Government/ Terrible Conditions/ Peasants/ War/ Bolsheviks/ Kornilov.

2. Slogans appealed to people – ‘Peace Bread Land’ & ‘All Power to the soviets’.

Peace and Bread

The war caused:
- starvation
- food shortages
- high prices
- less equipment and industry
- deserters
- low morale
- lots of casualties

2. Not giving peasants land (Land)

- peasants wanted to own their own land
- Provisional Government didn't give it to them because they thought such a big decision should be made by the elected government
- afraid for disintegration of army, if land is distributed, soldiers would leave to live on the land

3. Propaganda – Party newspaper Pravda [means ‘Truth’]

4. German Money – financed publicity campaigns [Germans supported Lenin to remove Russia from war].

5. Lenin – brilliant leader/ brilliant organiser/ single-minded (to overthrow government).

6. Army – Red Guards/ well trained/ dedicated.

7. Organisation – Central committee sent orders to soviets who sent them to factories/ Demanded total obedience.

	Created by ShreyaDas over 10 years ago

* Weaknesses and mistakes of Provisional Government * Activities of Lenin and the Bolsheviks * July Days and Kornilov Revolt * Planning of Trotsky * Key events