Answer: Lenin was reluctant to compromise with the Mensheviks or Socialists Revolutionaries because he was worried that their willingness to compromise would ruin his revolutionary agenda.
2. List two reasons why the Provisional Government under Kerensky could not govern.
Answer: Two reasons why the provisional government under Kerensky couldn't govern is because neither groups ( the socialists or liberals ) trusted or respected him, trust was very necessary because the country needed to believe in their leader even if he was provisional, also; the lack of respect for him was key because they would not listen to a man who they did not respect.
3. The Bolsheviks did not have a majority at the Congress of Soviets after the October Revolution. How did they manage to assume power?
Answer: The Bolsheviks managed to gain power because the other groups the SR's and the Mensheviks walked out, denouncing the events and loosing their change to help in making the decision over who will be leading the country.
4. What did the Bolsheviks have to give up in order to get out of World War I? What was the name of the Treaty?
Answer: He realized that he would have to make peace with Germany and her allies, this was done through the treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
5. What was the Checka?
Answer: The Checka is an all Russian- commission that would defend against counter revolutionaries, sabotage, and speculation.
6.What supporters joined the Red Army? White Army?
Answer: The white army was supported by the old middle and upper classes of the Tsarist russia. The red army however was supported by the old Tsar's army; their loyalty however was shifted in order to serve the red army.
7. How many Russians died during the Civil War? How many emigrated to other countries?
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