The Bolsheviks
- Bolsheviks came to power after the fall of the provisional government
- In April 1917, Vladimir Lenin returns from exile
- Germans assisted Lenin by giving him a train and passage through Finland
- States April Theses denouncing war
- Kronstadt Mutiny (20,000 soldiers took control of Petrograd, demanding that the Soviets take power)
- Kornilov affair- the Bolsheviks are seen as defenders of Petrograd
- Kornilov threatened to attack the city
- Bolsheviks led by Trotsky (military side), Lenin led the Petrograd uprising
- The Mensheviks and the centre-right believed that the Bolsheviks had illegally gained power
Summary
Lenin returned from exile and began to influence the Russian civilians towards communism.