Why were the Bolsheviks able to seize power? Quiz

Disastrously, the Provisional ❌ - because it was only a ❌ government - did not really carry out any major ❌. All it did was abolish the Okhrana and press ❌, and allow political ❌. This gave the government's opponents - such as Lenin's ❌ - the freedom to attack the government for the ❌ it was not solving.
The main problem of the Provisional Government was that it tried to ❌ the war. In June 1917, it organised an attack on Austria. When the attack failed, people began to turn ❌ the government. Instead, they started to follow ❌ whose welcome message was: 'Peace, ❌, land'.

It was not obvious at the time, but it was the small ❌ party that posed the biggest threat to the ❌ Government. Its leader, ❌, returned in April 1917 from exile in Switzerland. The ❌ government provided a special train to take him to Russia via Sweden and Finland. The Germans hoped that Lenin would cause ❌ and reduce Russia's ❌.
When Lenin arrived at the Finland Station in Petrograd, he surprised even the Bolsheviks by reading out what has become known as his ❌. This was his plan of action for the Bolsheviks, calling for the ❌ of the Provisional Government. His famous slogans included 'All ❌ to the Soviets' and 'Peace, ❌ and Land'.

In Sebtember 1917, a pro-❌, General Kornilov, leads a revolt against the ❌. He wanted to restore discipline, destroy the Petrograd ❌ and gain control of the Provisional Government. His right-wing views appealed to many of the ❌ and middle classes. With the support of many army generals, he marched on Petrograd. In desperation, the government had to ask the ❌ for help to defeat him as they did not have enough ❌. He released Bolshevik leaders from jail and helped to arm their ❌. The Petrograd Soviet took charge and the Bolsheviks persuaded many of Kornilov's men to ❌. Kornilov's attempt failed and the Bolsheviks were seen by many as the ❌ of Russia. They then proceeded to ❌ the weapons Kerensky had loaned them!

Lenin and Trotsky saw the importance of ❌. There were over 1000 cinemas in Russia in 1917, and a network of ❌ cinemas who used the railway network. The propaganda films attracted large ❌ who wanted to know what the new ❌ government was going to do. The most famous film, October, was by a Bolshevik film director in 1927 to mark the 10 year anniversary of the ❌. The takeover of the Winter Palace was transformed into a ❌ struggle between the Bolsheviks and their ❌ - the ❌ of the Winter Palace.

In ❌ 19❌, elections took place for members to be elected to a ❌ Assembly. This assembly was supposed to decide how Russia would be ❌. However, the Bolsheviks only won 1❌ out of 7❌ members, and Lenin knew that ❌ rule could not survive. After one day, the SR majority assembly was prevented from meeting at ❌.

The amount of opposition groups meant that the Bolsheviks (the '❌') were forced to fight a coalition of '❌' led by former ❌ Generals such as Denikin, Yudenich and Kolchak. The Romanovs provided many whites with a possible ❌ for the Bolsheviks.
A complicating factor was the existence of the Czech ❌ of 50,000 Czechs who had been fighting for Austria and had been captured by the Russians. Now, in 1918, they wanted to continue fighting in Europe against ❌. It had been agreed that they would be sent to France via the ❌ Railway and then by sea. However, when the Czechs were told by Trotsky to disarm, they seized ❌ of the railway and began to head back towards ❌ to fight against the Bolsheviks.