History A-Level
Bolshevik strategy
What Bolshevik strategy means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Bolshevik strategy
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Lenin returned in April 1917 and issued the April Theses, rejecting cooperation with the government and calling for soviet power rather than an immediate armed uprising.
Topics that use Bolshevik strategy
- The Provisional government and its opponents, February– October 1917 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Bolshevik strategy and growth
- Dual power
- Economic and social unrest
- Kornilov affair
- Legitimacy and authority
- Liberal reform
- Political crisis
- Protest and repression
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