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28th November 2007, 08:57
Originally posted by Wikipedia+--> (Wikipedia)The July Days refers to events in 1917 that took place in Petrograd, Russia, between July 4 and July 7 (Julian calendar) (July 16-July 20, Gregorian calendar), when soldiers and industrial workers in the city rioted against the Russian Provisional Government. Bolsheviks led the attack, but it failed and their leader Vladimir Lenin went into hiding, while other leaders were arrested.[1][2] The outcome of the July Days represented a temporary decline in the growth of Bolshevik power and influence in the period before the October Revolution.[/b]
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Lenin believed that while the workers in Petrograd were radicalised, the country as a whole was not ready for revolution, therefore if the workers tried to seize power in Petrograd alone they would be defeated. Bolshevik party had a choice to either throw their weight behind the demonstrations and possibly be crushed, or abstain and risk the possibility that many workers would lose faith in them. In the end the Bolsheviks joined the demonstrations, but did not to push for outright revolution. The goal of this was that their credibility would not be damaged in the future.[3]
According to Professor of Western New England College Gerhard Rempel, "This was one of Lenin [sic] major miscalculations. He thought the time was ripe for a Bolshevik coup. But the masses were not yet ready for anything as radical as he had to offer. The uprising only brought out a few radicals besides the active Bolsheviks. It was easily crushed by the forces of the Provisional Government."[4]
WP is not the best reference, but it'll serve as a basis for this thread.
Why is it that Lenin said the country wasn't ready for another revolution?
Wikipedia
Lenin believed that while the workers in Petrograd were radicalised, the country as a whole was not ready for revolution, therefore if the workers tried to seize power in Petrograd alone they would be defeated. Bolshevik party had a choice to either throw their weight behind the demonstrations and possibly be crushed, or abstain and risk the possibility that many workers would lose faith in them. In the end the Bolsheviks joined the demonstrations, but did not to push for outright revolution. The goal of this was that their credibility would not be damaged in the future.[3]
According to Professor of Western New England College Gerhard Rempel, "This was one of Lenin [sic] major miscalculations. He thought the time was ripe for a Bolshevik coup. But the masses were not yet ready for anything as radical as he had to offer. The uprising only brought out a few radicals besides the active Bolsheviks. It was easily crushed by the forces of the Provisional Government."[4]
WP is not the best reference, but it'll serve as a basis for this thread.
Why is it that Lenin said the country wasn't ready for another revolution?