The current situation in Russia is indeed not a little chaotic, but quite chaotic, especially in St. Petersburg. It can be regarded as a chaotic mess.
Kerensky witnessed the defeat of the Russian army, which also destroyed the remaining prestige of him and the Provisional Government in the frontline army. The consequences of the previous large-scale purge of dissatisfied officers in the army appeared. The soldiers and the army were completely desperate for the Provisional Government and began to look for themselves.
A way out. Many of them were attracted by the Bushehlvik Party, because the truce they preached, allowing everyone to return to their hometowns, was extremely attractive to the soldiers.
At this time, the Bushwick Party saw an opportunity. The day after the bad news about the war came back to St. Petersburg, they organized a march of 30,000 people. During the march, the Bushwick Party took the lead in shouting "Peace,
"Bread, not war" slogan.
For this reason, the Russian Provisional Government was afraid of another January Revolution and quickly mobilized the troops who were still loyal to the government. At the same time, it sent people to negotiate with the Bushwervik Party. The Provisional Government gave the posts of Minister of the Interior and Minister of Justice. In the face of the Provisional Government
Most of the higher-ups were satisfied with the conditions offered during this negotiation, because they could all see the huge role these two positions played in the Bushwick Party.
However, Lenin, as the leader, did not agree with this at all, because unlike other senior leaders who only saw benefits and forgot the dangers. Joining the provisional government meant that the Bushwick Party gave up its greatest advantage, which was its status as an opposition party.
As a revolutionary leader, Lenin had excellent vision. He had long seen that the current chaotic situation and collapsing economy in Russia could not be solved by changing political parties, but that the war needed to be stopped to lick the wounds. As for the high-dollar loans from Britain and France, now he
There is still only a vague idea, but now we need to dispel the idea of cooperation with other senior members.
The current provisional government only gives two positions, which does not meet Lenin's expectations. In his view, the current provisional government, a multi-party political combination, cannot adapt to the current situation in Russia. The Bushwick Party is fully capable of creating Russia's
In the new era, this is also Lenin’s expectation and view.
For this purpose, Lenin specifically sought out Dzerzhinsky, who was one of the three major espionage agencies in later generations - the founder of the notorious KGB, the Soviet proletarian revolutionary and master of red terror Dzerzhinsky. At that time
The organization with the sword and shield headed by him was also called the All-Russian Committee for the Suppression of Rebellion, or Cheka for short.
But these are the images he gave to the world later. As for Dzerzhinsky now, he is the most popular leader in the Bushelvik Party. This was the actual leader of the October Revolution from the time when the Bolsheviks founded the party and elected Central Committee members.
Trotsky, the founder of the Red Army, came third, Lenin, the founder of the Soviet regime, came second, and the first vote was none other than Dzerzhinsky.
Therefore, Lenin knew that as long as he got Dzerzhinsky's approval, other people in the party would agree with his ideas. Sadly, as the founder of the Bolshevik Party, Lenin's support within the party was not high, which was also inconsistent with his
Being either exiled or expelled for a long time has a lot to do with it. Don't you see, Yuan, the leader of Beiyang, has only been away for three years and can only rely on prestige and other means to control Beiyang. This was unimaginable before he became "sick".
In comparison, Lenin is still pretty good. Of course, this has a lot to do with faith.
After a night of conversation, Dzerzhinsky was finally convinced by Lenin. So the next day, Dzerzhinsky relied on his prestige to convince others. "Steel Felix" was not just a confrontation between comrades and comrades-in-arms.
Even those who were hostile to Dzerzhinsky called him this.
Therefore, with the help of Dzerzhinsky, Lenin's voice within the Bushelvik Party on whether to negotiate was greatly increased. As a result, the provisional government, which was waiting for a reply from the Bushelvik Party, received a reply that refused to stop the demonstrations.
However, in addition to negotiating with the Bushelvik Party, the interim government had already transferred troops loyal to itself to St. Petersburg. So after Bushelvik refused, the interim government decisively suppressed the demonstration. Faced with heavily armed soldiers, the people of course
Not an opponent, the demonstration was suppressed after causing more than 400 casualties.
Facing the promoters of this demonstration, many high-level officials in the Bushehrvik Party were also arrested. However, none of its main leaders were arrested. Among them, Lenin fled to Finland (which was in a semi-independent situation at the time) and completed his work here.
He wrote "State and Revolution". And the text "Lenin on the Lake" that we are familiar with is about this incident.
In addition, the Provisional Government is still in contact with other personnel in the military, but this is mainly done by Army and Navy Ministers Kerensky. Because of the disastrous failure of this offensive, Kerensky knew that his prestige in the army had been reduced.
A terrible situation. The main commander Brusilov has almost exhausted the prestige he accumulated in the "Brusilov Offensive". Now the interim government is in urgent need of a commander who can boost the morale of the front line.
At this time, a commander came into Kerensky's sight, that was General Ravel Kornilov. This man became the commander of the 9th Siberian Division only after the outbreak of the war, and soon became the commander of the 48th Division.
This gave the division the title of the Steel 48th Division. Because he was particularly good at defense, after the German breakthrough into Gorlice began, he was ordered to stay behind. Despite his best efforts, half of his division was beaten.
Unfortunately, he was seriously injured and fell into the enemy's hands and became a prisoner.
After entering the prisoner of war camp, he failed to escape twice. The third time he drank a lot of water and his heartbeat increased and he was transferred to the prisoner of war hospital. Here he changed into an Austrian military uniform and escaped, hiding day and night, and returned to his home.
On the other side of the front, his escape caused a sensation. Even the Tsar received him in person and awarded him a hero's medal. The media even promoted him as a national hero.
In 1916, Ravel Kornilov was appointed commander of the 25th Infantry Corps of the Southwestern Front. After the January Revolution of 1917, the leader of the State Duma and the big landowner Rodyanko appointed him commander of the Petrograd Military District. He was known for his dazzling performance
The rate of rise was rapid, and he was appointed commander of the Eighth Army on April 6 and promoted to general of infantry on April 23. After the collapse of Kerensky's May offensive, he was promoted to commander of the South-Western Front on May 8.
Save the situation on the ground.
However, what made him most famous was the telegram he sent to Brusilov, the commander-in-chief of the Russian army of the provisional government at the time, after taking over as the commander of the Southwest Front. In the telegram, he asked Brusilov to agree to his use of
He used all means to restore order. He banned soldiers from gathering, abolished soldiers' proclamations, shot deserters, placed their bodies on the roadside and wrote charges.
Russkoye Zeitung published his secret telegram, and for a while Lavr Kornilov became the savior of capitalism and property owners. On May 19, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army.
.It needs to be mentioned here that when he served as commander-in-chief, his chief of staff was named Anton Ivanovich Denikin.
However, during his tenure as the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army, Lavr Kornilov did not get along well with the Provisional Government. Because the new Commander-in-Chief demanded almost dictator-like power, which made Lavr Kornilov, who was already the Prime Minister of the Provisional Government and Minister of the Army and Navy
Kerensky was very dissatisfied.
Tragedy is bound to happen between two tough guys and fighters, so Lavr Kornilov served as commander-in-chief of the Russian army for only more than ten days. On June 3, he was dismissed from his post by the provisional government and imprisoned. This
The news made its supporters the Third Cavalry Army very dissatisfied. So on June 9, the Third Cavalry Army marched towards St. Petersburg. The Third Cavalry Army claimed that it would not listen to anyone's orders except Kornilov.
And dispatched "assault battalions" and armored vehicles to the capital, demanding the resignation of the interim government.
At this time, the Provisional Government was at a loss, because St. Petersburg did not have enough troops to resist the advance of the Third Cavalry Army. Because after suppressing the demonstration led by the Bushelvik Party, the Provisional Government would still be loyal to its troops and line up on the front line to maintain the collapse of Russia.
Military morale.
You must know that the German-Austrian coalition forces will not let go of such a good opportunity. The Russian army on the front line collapsed under the German and Austrian attacks and continued to expand. In order to maintain the front line, the provisional government could only send out the few remaining troops who were still loyal to the government.
At this time, the actions of the Third Cavalry Army caused the provisional government to lack enough troops to suppress it. In the rush, the provisional government suddenly thought that the Bushwick Party had enough influence among soldiers and workers, so it could invite them back.
Can suppress the uprising of the Third Cavalry Corps.
So the decision was made to ruin the birth of the first red regime of the provisional government. With the help of the riots of the Third Cavalry Army, the Bushelvik Party returned to St. Petersburg, but this time the Bushelvik Party was
It's not that easy to get rid of. Because of the previous suppression by the provisional government, the voice within the party to support Lenin in continuing the revolution has greatly increased.
The Bushelvik Party, which now controls more than half of the military power in St. Petersburg, is close to seizing the throat of the provisional government, but I believe this day will come soon.
