Military Revolutionary Committee

Definition

The body associated with the Petrograd Soviet through which Trotsky coordinated armed forces and the seizure of key locations during the October/November Revolution.

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AQA GCSE History · 8145

Paper 1

As chairman of the Petrograd Soviet and a leading figure in its Military Revolutionary Committee, he coordinated Red Guards, sympathetic soldiers and sailors. Lenin pressed for a seizure of power; Trotsky helped organise how it would happen.
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Provisional Government

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AQA GCSE History · 8145

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