CLIL: Russian Revolution
4. October 1917
During the summer, Kerensky lost public support and the support of Bolsheviks increased.
On the night of the 24th of October, they occupied the Winter Palace, the residence of the tzar.
A new government was born:
- Lenin - president
- Trotsky - foreign minister
and for the first time All Russian Congress of Soviets was convened.
The first acts of Lenin were:
- Peace with Germany (3 of March: Brest Litovsk which imposes very hard conditions, losing Baltic states, Ukraine and Belarus).
- Suppression of larges estates
- Distribution of land to peasants
- Control of factories to Soviets
It was born a dictatorship of proletariats.