In 1917, a coup occurred in Russia, which once and for all divided the country's history into "before" and "after". Now the Russian people had to live in a country with a new regime and new rules.
The background of the coup
By 1917, the country had a difficult situation. After the coup organized by Kornilov, the February Revolution and the April crisis, the majority of the population did not believe in anything. The existing government is no longer satisfied. Yes, the people simply did not believe her - the protracted World War I tortured, bleeding the Russian Empire in every sense. Workers and soldiers went on strike, and the Provisional Government, led by Kerensky, turned out to be powerless in solving problems.
On November 3 (October 21), representatives of the Bolsheviks gathered for a meeting gathered on the subject of an impending coup. Lenin led this meeting. He, with the support of the Bolsheviks, hoped to overthrow the Provisional Government and seize power. The future leader could not decide on the date of the coup. As a result, the choice fell on October 25th. Later, according to Trotsky, Vladimir Ilyich himself called the delay in the start of the coup destructive. There is an opinion that Lenin delayed the start of the coup, in accordance with the opinion of Germany. Indeed, the October Revolution took place with German money and taking into account German interests. In favor of this, the fact of Lenin’s trip through Germany in a sealed carriage leads.
By the way, do not underestimate the role of Trotsky in the preparation and conduct of the October Revolution. This politician was precisely the ideologist of the 1917 revolution and the developer of the coup plan.
