April Theses
Presents a program rejecting support for the Provisional Government
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April Theses
Calls for all power to pass to the Soviets.
April Theses
Asserts that Russia is "passing from the first stage of the revolutionwhich, owing to the insufficient class consciousness and organisation of the proletariat, placed power in the hands of the bourgeoisieto its second stage, which must place power in the hands of the proletariat and
April Theses
Calls for a new "revolutionary International, an International against the social-chauvinists and against the Center" which later becomes the Comintern (Third International) formed in 1919.
April Theses
Condemns the Provisional Government as bourgeois and urges "no support" for it, as "the utter falsity of all its promises should be made clear" & condemns World War I as a "predatory imperialist war" and the "revolutionary defensism" of foreign social democrat parties, calling for
April Theses
In Russian the "Aprelskiye Tezisy", the April Theses formed a programme developed by Lenin during the 1917 Russian Revolution in which Lenin calls for Soviet control of the state & When published the theses contributed to the July Days rising and to the subsequent coup
April Theses
Lenin delivers his April Thesis, states that Russia will become a republic of soviets.
April Theses
Lenin succeeded in persuading the Bolsheviks of his arguments as laid out in the April Theses and they provided much of the ideological groundwork that later led to the October Revolution.
April Theses
The April Theses are published in the Bolshevik newspaper Pravda and read by Lenin at two meetings of the All-Russia Conference of Soviets of Workers and Soldiers Deputies.
April Theses
of October 1917, bringing the Bolsheviks to power.
April Theses
revolutionary defeatism.
April Theses
the poorest sections of the peasants"
April Theses Discussion
Takes part in Bolshevik discussions after Lenin presents his theses
April Theses Support
Supports Lenin's demand for a new revolutionary course
Bolshevik Party
In Russian the "Aprelskiye Tezisy", the April Theses formed a programme developed by Lenin during the 1917 Russian Revolution in which Lenin calls for Soviet control of the state & When published the theses contributed to the July Days rising and to the subsequent coup
Bolshevik Party
Lenin succeeded in persuading the Bolsheviks of his arguments as laid out in the April Theses and they provided much of the ideological groundwork that later led to the October Revolution.
Bolshevik Party
The April Theses are published in the Bolshevik newspaper Pravda and read by Lenin at two meetings of the All-Russia Conference of Soviets of Workers and Soldiers Deputies.
Bolshevik Party
of October 1917, bringing the Bolsheviks to power
Bolshevik Party
Stalin takes part in the conference of leading members of the Bolshevik Party and in the joint meeting of Bolshevik and Menshevik delegates to the Alln Conference of Soviets where Lenin expounds his April Theses
Comintern
In the April Theses Lenin calls for a new "revolutionary International, an International against the social-chauvinists and against the Center" which later becomes the Comintern (Third International) formed in 1919. Calls for a new "revolutionary International, an International against the social-chauvinists and against the Center" which later becomes the Comintern (Third International) formed in 1919
Congress of Soviets
Stalin takes part in the conference of leading members of the Bolshevik Party and in the joint meeting of Bolshevik and Menshevik delegates to the Alln Conference of Soviets where Lenin expounds his April Theses
International, 3rd
In the April Theses Lenin calls for a new "revolutionary International, an International against the social-chauvinists and against the Center" which later becomes the Comintern (Third International) formed in 1919. Calls for a new "revolutionary International, an International against the social-chauvinists and against the Center" which later becomes the Comintern (Third International) formed in 1919
Menshevik Party
Stalin takes part in the conference of leading members of the Bolshevik Party and in the joint meeting of Bolshevik and Menshevik delegates to the Alln Conference of Soviets where Lenin expounds his April Theses
Pravda
The April Theses are published in the Bolshevik newspaper Pravda and read by Lenin at two meetings of the All-Russia Conference of Soviets of Workers and Soldiers Deputies
Presentation of April Theses
Lenin presents the April Theses, rejecting support for the Provisional Government and demanding transfer of power to the Soviets.
Provisional Government
Condemns the Provisional Government as bourgeois and urges "no support" for it, as "the utter falsity of all its promises should be made clear" & condemns World War I as a "predatory imperialist war" and the "revolutionary defensism" of foreign social democrat parties, calling for revolutionary defeatism
The April Theses
Publication of "The April Theses"
April Policy
Defends cooperation with the Provisional Government.
Bolshevik Soviet Line
Debates Lenin's radical Soviet policy.
Bolshevik Soviet Line
Supports Bolshevik work inside the Soviet movement.
Program Publication
Uses the Bolshevik newspaper to press a new revolutionary program
April Theses Debate
Challenges Lenin's theses as too radical for immediate Bolshevik policy
April Theses Debate
Moves from cautious support for the Provisional Government toward Lenin's line
July Days
His April Theses help shape slogans later used during the July Days.
In the Milyukov note, Milyukov tells allies that the war aims are
In the Milyukov note, Milyukov tells allies that the war aims are unchanged
Miliukov Note
In the Milyukov note, Milyukov tells allies that the war aims are unchanged
Miliukov Note
In the Milyukov note, Milyukov tells allies that the war aims are unchanged
Miliukov Note
Miliukov assures the Allies that Russia will continue the war and honour its existing international commitments.
Milyukov Note Debate
Kerensky opposes interpretations of Milyukov's note that suggest Russia will continue an expansionist war policy.
April Crisis Demonstrations
Kerensky faces mass demonstrations in Petrograd after publication of Milyukov's war aims statement.
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