Bolsheviks Actions

Creation and Actions of the Bolsheviks

In the lead up to the 1917 October Revolution, Russia had already experienced countless failures concerning the governing of the country and its involvement in war. The Provisional Government was created to replace the lack of governance following the overthrown Tzar. This Provisional Government was made up of bankers, lawyers, industrialists, and capitalists. They were weak and failed to keep their promise of concluding Russia's involvement in the war. They kept Russia in the war and just made things worse for themselves and for Russia. As a result of this, the people of Russia were discontented and strongly hoped that Russia would finally change for the better. The Bolsheviks successfully provoked

Ultimately, the extremely thoughtful organisation of the Bolsheviks worked entirely in their favour. The Bolsheviks managed to collapse the Russian provisional government with somewhat little support from the people of Russia as a whole. The Bolshevik Party’s ultimate goal was to overthrow the Provisional Government. When Lenin returned from exile in the spring of 1917, the Bolsheviks were ready to execute their main objective. Lenin was the leader of a force of unified revolutionaries who were able to overcome opponents, a mixture of royalists, moderate socialists, and republicans who did not share the same beliefs that charaterised the Bolshevik movement. The Bolsheviks’ ideologies and popular appeals resonated with the Russian people. The success of the Bolshevik revolution was also aided by dire conditions that confronted the Russian people in 1917. Bread and fuel shortages, which were a direct result of the war, made them willing to embrace Bolshevik reforms. The Bolshevik program of "peace, land, and bread" was in many ways a response to the demands of the Russian people, especially soldiers and sailors and their families in

When the Provisional Government refused to distribute the land fairly, the peasants took matters into their own hands by taking the land themselves. The Bolshevik party ingeniously went on the offensive and tried to educate the workers and soldiers, convincing them to seize power and land for themselves. In July 1917, the workers challenged the Provisional Government and ended up defeated, with their leader jailed and Lenin going into hiding. At this point, things were not looking very promising for the Bolshevik Party. However, at this time a very good thing happened in their favour. The Provisional Government ordered big involvement in the war that ended up in ruin, with thousands being either killed or injured. Late in August, the soldiers of the Provisional Government began to fall away from their support of the Provisional Government and began to support the workers. They were becoming closer and closer to being Bolsheviks themselves The Bolsheviks had established themselves as the only party, which stood for ending Russia’s participation in the war. The Bolshevik workers had to unite and fight as one against the military. Now that the Bolsheviks had the support of the workers, they were able to win the important elections in early September in important Russian industrial centers. By the middle of September, the Bolsheviks had formally acquired a