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THE K
ORNILOV
AFFAIR
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Learning Intentions1. Know who
Kornilov was.2. Understand WHY
he staged an attempted takeover of the government.
3. Understand how this helped the Bolsheviks
BACKGROU
ND NOTE
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• In January 1917 there were 40,000 Bolshevik members. Lenin was in Switzerland.
• The February Revolution occurred without the Bolsheviks.
• In April Lenin returned. His April Theses “Bread, Peace, Land and All Power to the Soviets” is at first dismissed as too radical.
• Lenin pushes for its acceptance – Boshevik numbers climb from 80,000 (April) to 200,000 (July).
• July uprising fails. Lenin flees, Trotsky is arrested, the Red Guard (Bolshevik military wing) is disarmed.
• Today’s Question – Why was Kerensky forced to release and arm the Bolsheviks?
KORNILOV – A GENERAL WITH A VERY CONSERVATIVE ATTITUDE, LOYAL TROOPS AND A FIERCE REPUTATION (AND A COOL SYMBOL)