HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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The Bolsheviks controlled the periphery of the country.
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Trotsky created a disciplined and effective Red Army.
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The Bolsheviks had the undivided support of the peasants.
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The Bolsheviks refused to use the Cheka or secret police to subdue the opposition.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Economically, widespread inflation and food shortages in Russia contributed to the revolution. Militarily, inadequate supplies, logistics, and weaponry led to heavy losses that the Russians suffered during World War I; this further weakened Russia’s view of Nicholas II. They viewed him as weak and unfit to rule.
Detailed explanation-2: -Primary causes of the Revolution included peasant, worker, and military dissatisfaction with corruption and inefficiency within the czarist regime, and government control of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Detailed explanation-3: -Trotsky built up the Red Army by conscripting thousands of peasants. This was a major factor in the Bolshevik victory as the Red Army became a huge fighting force which was able to defeat the Whites. Trotsky also recruited ex-Tsarist army officers.
Detailed explanation-4: -After the success of the October Revolution, the Bolsheviks ordered land redistribution to the peasants, Soldiers in the Russian army, mostly peasants, went home for the redistribution and deserted the army. This emboldened the non-Bolshevik socialists, liberals and supporters of autocracy to start a Civil War.