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Lenin's policies in the establishment of government
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H/W Lenin newspaper make notesLenin in the beginning and Russia during Provisional government
Lenin was the figure head but not sole Bolshevik which fought for power
Lenin was based in Switzerland – i.e. in exile and then returned when there was an
opportunity to seize power.
He had captured a lot of hearts and minds after the April theses as many peasants did not
have this before – so saw a better opportunity for change
Lenin opposed the Provincial government’s approach to re-entering the war and saw that a
policy of mere defence of Russia was no longer being upheld
Lenin questioned why the provincial government would fire on own people who would try
to get rid of them, yet Lenin did the same thing in the red terror when he purged the
opposition parties.
Lenin realised that something he was doing was wrong and that other revolutionary
attempts also failed he needed to change – to get more support from the public i.e.
peasants which will be key in the future for his support. He changed his appearance so that
he was more associated with the workers – wearing a workman’s cap
He evolved by spreading his views and ideology by writing in newspapers like Pravda which
was a good way to spread his propaganda. Furthermore, he started to do speeches and
show off his orator skills which would therefore in theory attract more to his cause
Lenin after getting support from Petrograd and Moscow scientists, urban soviets, and others
in Russia, he decided to act.
He targeted those who strongly opposed him like Kamenev and Zinoviev
Council of People’s Commissars was headed by Vladimir Lenin
Lenin’s personal vision and will to pull the party to govern was the crucial factor in the
collapse of Aleksandr Keresenki’s rule
Factors that helped Lenin was the numerous exhausted workers, war-weary soldiers, and
angry peasants
It helped Lenin that the provincial government did not have any military aid from other
allies
There were big problems for the provincial government: the economy slumped, there were
food shortages as peasants found little incentive to trade their grain when the industrial
goods, they wanted were not available to them. The army had the priority to food and
transport. Transport was also disrupted as grain was purchased by the state was sent to
towns with difficulty and scarcity.
There were also problems with industry – raw material shortage impeded factory
production + due to payments of armaments and grain in paper currency, inflation occurred
causing any gains in wages of workers. Businesses went into liquidation
Middle class unhappy due to its dividends falling so less of a status to distinguish themselves
Tsar Nicolas II, without consulting the country, handed power to the liberals. This meant the
provisional government lacked legitimacy of an elected administration, causing the
government to have to rely without the normal forces of law. The Tsarist police fled for their
lives after the February Revolution, and the army were unsettled and not prepared to back
the government’s actions. Most of the recruits were peasants so were unlikely to support
the new regime and during the February Revolution, these peasants took revenge on their
disciplinarians (higher ranking officials) in the army
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