AQA GCSE History · 8145
Paper 1
Members of the revolutionary socialist party led by Lenin, which sought to overthrow the Provisional Government and establish a government based on soviet power.
Revise: The Provisional GovernmentInitially, the Soviet was dominated by Mensheviks and Socialist Revolutionaries, not Bolsheviks. Bolshevik control developed later as support shifted during 1917.
- Revise: Changes in the Allied Forces
The Russian communist party led by Vladimir Lenin which overthrew the Provisional Government in November 1917 and sought to end Russia’s involvement in the First World War.