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@ Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in London
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October manifesto
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Food shortages, heating fuel in short supply, economy breaking down
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Unplanned uprisings accompanied by violent street demonstrations
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Germany allowed him safe passage back to Russia, hoping his return would pull them out of the war (it did)
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Immediately started his attack, rejected cooperation w/ the bourgeois political government
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By Alexander Kerensky; refused to confiscate large landholdings & give them to peasants - grew human suffering & war-weariness & tested limited strength of provisional government
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Stripped officers of their authority & placed power in hands of elected committees of common solders; led to collapse of army discipline
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miserable failure; desertions mounted as peasant soldiers went back to help their families get land
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To form a special military-revolutionary committee and make him leader
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They seized government buildings in Petrograd, then convinced the Congress of Soviets to give them power; Lenin head of new government
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No more private land
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Cheka imprisoned and executed without trial tens of thousands of 'class enemies'
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Western territories given up to Germany; Lenin accepted defeat
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few politicians wanted to get involved in a new military crusade
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From 3 sides
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