The Bolsheviks
- Bolsheviks came to power after the fall of the provisional government
- In April 1917, Vladimir Lenin returns from exile
- Germans assisted Lenin by giving him a train and passage through Finland
- States April Theses denouncing war
- Kronstadt Mutiny (20,000 soldiers took control of Petrograd, demanding that the Soviets take power)
- Kornilov affair- the Bolsheviks are seen as defenders of Petrograd
- Kornilov threatened to attack the city
- Bolsheviks led by Trotsky (military side), Lenin led the Petrograd uprising
- The Mensheviks and the centre-right believed that the Bolsheviks had illegally gained power
"Perhaps the profoundest cause of disagreement with the Narodniks is the difference in our fundamental views on social and economic processes. When studying the latter, the Narodnik usually draws conclusions that point to some moral; he does not regard the diverse groups of persons taking part in production as creators of various forms of life; he does not set out to present the sum-total of social and economic relationships as the result of the mutual relations between these groups, which have different interests and different historical roles."
- Vladimir Lenin
- Vladimir Lenin