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Complete the following questions in the text boxes provided and submit at the end. This will send your responses to Lisa Hayman.
The Takeover of Petrograd
In each box below provide a concise summary of the actions of Lenin during October 1917
7 October
Summarise what Lenin wanted to achieve by November
Why did he believe it was important for this to occur prior to the formation of the Constituent Assembly?
10 October
23 October List the four actions by Kerensky in response to the Bolsheviks:
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Lenin acted immediately. Stages of the Bolshevik takeover were organised as follows:
On 25 October, Lenin issued a telegram throughout Russia:
To the citizens of Russia,
The Provisional Government has been overthrown. State power has passed into the hands of the organ of the Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies, the Military Revolutionary Committee which stands at the head of the Petrograd Soviet and garrison.
The cause for which the people have struggles - the immediate proposal of a democratic peace, the elimination of landlorded estates, workers' control over production, the creation of a soviet government - the triumph of this cause has been assured.
Long live the workers', soldiers', and peasants' revolution!
The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies
Explain the above telegram in your own words ensuring that you explain the key terms and the meaning of the telegram.