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GCSE History · key term
The organisation within the Petrograd Soviet through which Trotsky coordinated Red Guards, soldiers and sailors for the October 1917 uprising.
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Paper 3
Revise: Bolshevik RevolutionIn October, he organised the Military Revolutionary Committee (MRC) within the Petrograd Soviet. Through it, he coordinated Red Guards, soldiers and sailors from Kronstadt. These were the forces that could turn Lenin’s demand for revolution into an organised operation.
Distinguish Lenin’s political leadership and insistence on an uprising from Trotsky’s practical organisation through the Military Revolutionary Committee.
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