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Post by Deadshot on Jun 10, 2014 7:32:04 GMT
Can anyone lend a hand on this matter? My girlfriend and I have an exam in 2 days on Russia 1870-1923 and we have noticed some disagreements between our notes, particularly in this sub-topic.
In my notes and textbooks, it states that the Kornilov affair was beaten due to the influence of the Bolsheviks. Freshly released from prison and armed with weapons provided by the Provisional Government, they exerted their influence over train station workers into stopping the train and preventing Kornilov's forces from every reaching Petrograd. The Bolsheviks, despite having done no fighting, hailed themselves as the saviours (of Petrograd) and claimed a great political victory for Lenin.
In her notes and textbook it instead states that Korvilov's soldiers were unwilling to fire on the Bolsheviks defending the city, seeing them as "fellow workers" or "comrades." The Bolsheviks were hailed by the people as their Saviours and its was proclaimed a great political victory for Lenin.
In both cases, instead of turning themselves in and going back to prison, they vanished along with their weapons, which would later be used in the Revolution of October 1917.
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Post by Warork on Jun 10, 2014 8:24:52 GMT
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Post by Deadshot on Jun 10, 2014 8:26:25 GMT
-.- Tried that first, results inconclusive.
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