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During this time period of 30 days, the government recieves over 1100 complaints over illegal attacks over landed property. The peasants were unwilling to wait for the end of the war for land distribution.
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The July Offensive in Galicia, which was aimed at proving the government's worth to allies and Russians alike, ended in the retreat of demoralized and under-equiped forces over a large area. This was the first major failure of the new government.
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July Uprising
Impromptu uprising of 500,000 workers, city soldiers, and sailors from Kronstadt. They denounced the government and converged on the Tauride Palace, where the Congress of Soviets was in session to force them to assume full power. Lasted three days, ending July 5th. -
The troops, arriving on July 5, when the demonstration had run its course, placed themselves at the disposition solely of the Congress of Soviets, in effect recognizing it as the supreme governing authority in the country
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Kerensky Succeeds Lvov As Prime Minister
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Second Coalition Government formed with both Socialists and Kadet wings. Kerensky has main power.
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Sixth Congress of the Bolshevik Party opens in Petrograd. Some leaders are absent (Lenin is in hiding in Finland). Death Penalty is restored. Gathering of the Constituent Assembly has been postponed. Some Bolsheviks, such as Trotsky, are arrested.
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Kornilov, the new commander in chief, marches on Petrograd to establish a military dictatorship because he did not believe Kerensky could not cope with the growing unrest and Bolshevik influences among the people.
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The Central Committee of The Bolshevik Party agrees to organize an armed insurrection and seize power under Lenin's direction. It was planned to coincide with the opening of the second Congress of Soviets.
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Under growing Bolshevik pressure, the All-Russian Soviet Executive Committee decided on the election of new Congress of Soviets to convene on October 20th; later postponed to October 25th.
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During the night, the October Revolution was begun by the Military Revolutionary Committee under Trotsky's direction.
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October Revolution Footage
Under Trotsky's direction, armed workers, soldiers and sailors stormed the Winter Palace, headquarters of the Provisional Government. That afternoon, Trotsky announced the end of the Provisional Government. -
At the same time as the insurrection, the second Congress of Soviets begins its deliberation.
-of 650 delegates, 390 (60%) are Bolsheviks
-debate over the legality of the congress and the character of the insurrection
-left wing Social Revolutionaries form short-lived coalition government with the Bolsheviks
