IGHIS - Events of November Revolution

What happened on the 6 November (first day of the revolution)?

• Trotsky distributed arms to the Red Guard

• Bolsheviks announce new government the Government of the People's Commissars

• Bolsheviks captured key communication, transportation and vantage points

• Mensheviks seize power of Georgia and declare it an independent republic

Which battleship fired blanks at the Winter Palace on 7 November?

• Potemkin

• Aurora

• Kronstadt

• Navarin

Who protects Kerensky after his escapes on 7 November?

• Germans

• Socialist Revolutionaries

• British

• USA

At the Second All Russian Congress of Soviets, which political parties are dismissed by Trotsky

• Socialist Revolutionaries

• Kadets

• Octobrists

• Mensheviks

What happened on the 7 November (second day of the revolution)?

• Trotsky distributed arms to the Red Guard

• Red Guard storms the Winter Palace

• Bolsheviks captured key communication, transportation and vantage points

• Opening session of the Second All Russian Congress of Soviets

On 7 November, where did the Bolsheviks imprison the members of the Provisional Government?

• Paul Fortress

• Peter Fortress

• Nicholas Fortress

• Alexei Fortress

Which groups oppose the Bolshevik takeover in November?

• Mensheviks

• Cossacks

• Factory Workers

• Socialist Revolutionaries

• Army

Who becomes the leader of the "Government of the People's Commissars"?

• Trosky

• Lenin

• Kamenev

• Zinoviev

• Bukharin

What happened on 9 November (fourth day of the revolution)?

• Menshevik seized power of Georgia and declare it an independent republic

• Cossacks from the Don region claim control of own government

• Cossacks enter Tsarskoye Selo with Kerensky riding a white horse

• Opening session of the Second All Russian Congress of Soviets

What happened on 11 November (sixth day of the revolution) which led soldiers to support the Bolsheviks?

• Kerensky ordered Cossacks troops to fire upon soldiers and 8 were killed

• Socialist Revolutionaries create posters attacking soldiers

• Provisional Government did not concede defeat in WW1

• Provisional Government call the soldiers traitors