After Lenin returned to St. Petersburg with the Bushelvik Party, Edel paid close attention to the situation in Russia. In fact, all European countries are now paying attention to the situation in Russia, but they did not expect that Russia would take an unexpected turn.
way to leave the battlefield.
After the Bushelviks returned to St. Petersburg and defeated the rebellious Third Cavalry Army, General Kornilov, the source of the rebellion, was released. As a compromise between the two parties, Kornilov went
To appease the emotions of the Third Cavalry Army as a reward for his escape from prison.
Anton Ivanovich Denikin, who was mistakenly thought to be one of his group because he served as Chief of General Staff, was also released together. So the unlucky General Denikin had no choice but to leave the post of Chief of General Staff
, to be a real deputy to General Kornilov.
After solving the rebellion problem, the military power of St. Petersburg was gradually controlled by the Bushehlvik Party. At this time, the senior leaders of the provisional government, who had discovered that something was not right, planned to make a fuss about the Soviet regime. Soviet; meaning "Conference of Representatives"
"or "meeting". Because during the Russian Revolution of 1905, there was a representative meeting organized by striking workers as a strike committee, referred to as "Soviet".
The Soviet is originally a transliteration of the Russian word совет (English: Soviet), which means a meeting of representatives. It originated from the Russian Revolution in 1905. It was a form of direct democracy among workers and soldiers at that time. Its representatives could be elected and replaced at any time, implying that Paris
Communal form of government.
In the earliest Soviet government established, the Mensheviks and other left-wing parties played a major role. Plekhanov was the chairman of the Soviet, Kerensky was the deputy chairman as a member of the Socialist Revolutionary Party, and the Busheviks
The party played a small role in it. However, after the first reorganization of the provisional government, the Mensheviks, Socialist Revolutionaries and others focused their main energy on the provisional government.
They all hoped that by participating in the provisional government, it would gradually transform into a left-wing government. It must be said that they almost succeeded. After the Kornilov rebellion was quelled, the provisional government reorganized the government cabinet for the third time on July 29.
.However, the majority of the provisional government formed this time are members of left-wing parties, and the "all-socialist government" once advocated by the Bolsheviks is about to be realized.
Only then did these left-wing parties discover that the Bushelviks had taken the Soviets into their own hands, and that the power that allowed the Bushelviks to control the Soviets came from the military. In the Soviets, which did not have universal suffrage at that time, the voting power of the military was higher than that of the workers.
More than ten times (at that time there were only "Soviets of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies", peasants were not counted), and the Mensheviks' dominance in the Soviets was replaced by the Bolsheviks.
At this time, the Bolshevik Party had basically infiltrated the military forces around St. Petersburg. Except for a few places such as guarding the Winter Palace, where there were still armed forces loyal to the government, the Bolshevik Party had completely controlled the military forces in St. Petersburg. Now only the Bolshevik Party needed
With a gentle wave of his arms, this ripe fruit would fall into his hands. But at this time, other voices emerged from the Bolshevik Party.
Zinoviev and Kamenev opposed Lenin's plan to seize power by force. The most important thing was that they not only opposed it verbally, but also informed the Provisional Government about the armed seizure of power among the Bolsheviks. They had been busy helping the Bolsheviks seize the highest power in Russia.
Lenin was so angry that he almost vomited blood after hearing the news about the two informants. So he quickly consulted with Trotsky, Dzerzhinsky and others.
It was impossible to retreat at this time, so everyone only discussed a way to launch in advance. So on August 19, 1917, the revolution led by the Bolsheviks began. At this time, there were less than 30,000 troops loyal to the provisional government in St. Petersburg, and the Bolshevik organization
Raise an army of 200,000 (but most of them are workers, even if you exclude the workers, it is more than twice the number of the Provisional Government).
Many soldiers in the provisional government army were shaken in military morale, which had a lot to do with the unconditional peace talks promoted by the Bolsheviks. Because the largest anti-war group in Russia at that time was the military, the Bolshevik slogans touched the hearts of these soldiers. Therefore, they did not fight yet.
The Bolshevik army had the upper hand.
Lenin secretly came to the Smolny Palace, the headquarters of the uprising, and personally led the armed uprising. From the night of August 19 to the morning of August 20, 1917, more than 200,000 soldiers and uprising workers quickly occupied Petrograd.
various strategic locations.
At 1 o'clock in the morning on the 20th, the uprising troops occupied the General Post Office. At 2 o'clock, they captured the Baltic Railway Station and Nikolayevsky Railway Station. Then they shut down the lighting circuits of the government buildings, and the telephone office cut off the main lines of the Provisional Government and the headquarters.
Part of the call. Around 6 o'clock, the Red Guards, soldiers and sailors had occupied the Palace Bridge. Except for the Palace Square and Isakiyevska Square areas, almost all other areas were in the hands of the insurrectionists.
Kerensky, the Prime Minister of the Provisional Government, got into the car of the U.S. Embassy and fled hastily. At 10:00, the Revolutionary Military Committee distributed the "Message to Russian Citizens" drafted by Lenin, announcing that the Provisional Government had been overthrown and power had been transferred to the Soviets.
After occupying the Palace Bridge. Except for the Palace Square and Isakievska Square areas, almost all other areas were in the hands of the rebels. Kerensky, the Prime Minister of the Provisional Government, got into the car of the U.S. Embassy and fled in a hurry. 10
At that time, the Revolutionary Military Committee distributed the "Message to Russian Citizens" drafted by Lenin, announcing that the provisional government had been overthrown and power had been transferred to the Soviets.
As for the scene of the attack on the Winter Palace, according to rumors, there was no armed conflict near the Winter Palace that night. There were only a women's battalion and a cadet battalion guarding the Winter Palace. They were quickly attacked by the crowd.
Surrendered. Palichinsky, the defense chief of the Winter Palace, opened the door of the Winter Palace himself and took them to where the ministers of the provisional government were meeting.
The Aurora cruiser was being overhauled and had no ammunition or personnel. The temporarily appointed political commissar of the Aurora, Beryshev, only fired a few blank rounds (without warheads) at the Winter Palace. On the night of the uprising,
The Petrograd Military Revolutionary Committee issued a "Notice on the Overthrow of the Provisional Government" stating that the uprising "won victory without shedding a drop of blood.
This made Edel, who was waiting for a good show, a little bit wrong. He promised to defeat the interim government in a bloody battle at the Winter Palace, but how could it turn out like this?
However, after putting down this telegram from the Romanian Embassy in St. Petersburg, Eder needed to step up preparations for the army, because according to his estimation, due to time deviation, Russia would withdraw from the war before 1918, which was not the case this time.