The Triumph of the Bolsheviks

The Triumph of the Bolsheviks

In order to gain total control of the Soviet State, Lenin and the

Bolsheviks made commitments to several acts, which, by far, did not

please most of their political opponents. They mistreated various

soviet members, made allies which the main population of Russia were

discontent with, lacked support because of their unfair participation

in elections and were responsible for many economic declines. This led

to many arduous problems in which the Bolsheviks had to go through

great triumphs in order to overcome them. Despite their success, they

went through great struggle because of their somewhat obstinate yet

determined behavior.

In November 1917, a revolution took place in order to overthrow the

Provisional Government. This brought the Bolsheviks to power, as Lenin

had launched a series of policies to win the support of the army, the

peasants and the workers (The April Thesis). Nevertheless, the

Bolsheviks were in control in Petrograd only, and they lacked support

in other areas in Russia- there was long-term fighting until the

soviet finally gained control and other cities were brought to heel.

At first, the peasants were barely in favour of the new government;

and this was difficult to deal with. Most of the people preferred the

Social Revolutionaries, as they were not so focused on the industrial

workers, as the Bolsheviks were. Thus, very few people had faith in

the Bolshevik succession due to the complexity of the problems they

had to face.

Nonetheless, the Bolsheviks were not in total control, as the

revolution had been staged in the name of the Soviets, which contained

many non-Bolshevi...

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...italism.

Overall, the Bolsheviks did go through triumph, mainly because of

Lenin's various stubborn and determined decisions. We must acknowledge

their good will for obedience and patience with Lenin and communism,

for it did actually work out in the end (for a short while). Because

of Lenin's faith for communism in Russia (USSR), he was faced with

many problems which he and his people had to struggle to overcome, but

were fortunately successful in the end.

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[1] Mastering modern world history- pg 310- "How successfully did the

Bolsheviks deal with their problems?"

[2] Lenin's Russia- Mr. Crowther's notes

[3] 'RUSSIA' - War Communism (Mr. Crowther's notes) 'Lenin's Russia'

page 22-23

[4] www.wikipedia.com- Lenin and the Bolsheviks