Which events led to the October Revolution of 1917 in Russia?

CBSE Class 9 CBSE Class 9 Social Science
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Which events led to the October Revolution of 1917 in Russia?
Answer:

  • A conflict grew between the Provisional Government and the Bolsheviks as Lenin feared that the Provisional Government may set up a dictatorship.
  • On 16 October 1917, Lenin persuaded them to accept socialists’ power and appointed a Military Revolutionary Committee under Leon Trotskii to organise the seizure.
  • The uprising began on 24 October and Kerensky, the Prime Minister left the city to call troops.
  • In a swift response, the Military Revolutionary Committee ordered its supporters to seize government offices and arrest ministers.
  • By nightfall, the city was under the Committee’s control and the ministers had surrendered.
  • Uprisings took place in other cities. There was heavy fighting but by December, the Bolsheviks controlled the Moscow-Petrograd area.