How Did Lenin Support The Russian Revolution

socialists and Lenin but failed. Unconsciously, Kornilov brought back the Bolshevicks on the scene of the Russian Revolution. The picture of Kornilov, shows him in front of his army ready to attack Petrograde as the photograph was taken in summer 1917. He looks determined but his army looks small and quite weak compared to the Bolshevik's troops and the Kerensky's troops. The fact that the Bolsheviks helped Kerensky only restored the Bolsheviks as patriots in the eyes of the Russians and enabled them to continue their plan to seize power.

This plan to seize power was mainly based of Lenin's and Lenin's collaborators ideas. The role of Lenin in the overthrow of the provisional government is huge. He was the Bolshevik's leader and controlled the soviets
Lenin was not allowed to stay in Russia by Kerenski but When Lenin returned to Russia on 3rd April, 1917, he announced what became known as the April Theses. Source E, which is an extract from these theses, suggests that in these theses, Lenin attacked Bolsheviks for supporting the Provisional Government. He tells the Bolshevik's that they should not cooperate with the Provisional government because it should "cease to be an imperialist Government". He says that the power should be transferred to the Soviets and only them. Source E was written by Lenin himself and shows the mentality of Lenin who was completely against the provisional government. In addition, Lenin urged the peasants to take the land from the rich landlords and the industrial workers to seize the factories. Lenin accused those Bolsheviks who were still supporting the Provisional Government of betraying socialism and suggested that they