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Why did Lenin dismiss the Russian Constituent Assembly?
Lenin dismissed the Constituent Assembly because he feared that if it actually convened and created a new government, it would remove him and his Bolsheviks from power and institute a constitutional democracy. The Bolshevik Party only received 25% of the votes in the elections to the Assembly. Lenin and his Bolsheviks were a minority party and did not have the general support of all of the people and other political parties. Members of the Constituent Assembly had been elected before the Bolshevik Revolution and contained many members who were opposed to Bolshevik rule. More members of the Socialist Revolutionary Party and the Menshevik Party had been elected to the CA. The Bolsheviks would have been outvoted on any issue and thrown out of power, so Lenin had to dissolve the CA or face being stripped of his power. Lenin used the excuse that the elected members were either improperly elected or were counter-revolutionaries and should not be part of creating a new government. The charges were untrue but he made them anyway and dismissed the CA.
When did Lenin overthrow Russia's government?
Lenin overthrew the Russian Provision Government headed by Alexander Kerensky. Lenin did not overthrow the Tsar. The PG had been put in place after Tsar Nicholas II abdicated as a result of the February Revolution of 1917. The PG was supposed to be temporary until the Russian Constituent Assembly could be convened to create a new permanent government. Lenin took advantage of the weakness and unpopularity of the PG and engineered what amounted to a military coup rather than a true revolution to overthrow the Provisional Government in what has been called the October or Bolshevik Revolution of 1917.
What was the outcome of Russian Revolution of 1917?
There were two revolutions in Russia in 1917. In the first on, the February Revolution, the Czarist regime of Nicholas Romanov II was overthrown in favor of a Provisional Government. It was supposed to keep order until a Constituent Assembly could be elected to write a constitution. The second one, the October Revolution, resulted in the overthrow of the Provisional Government, the dismissal of the Constituent Assembly and the takeover by Lenin and the Bolshevik Party. The Bolsheviks later took the name Communist Party and ruled until the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
What was Vladimir Lenin's religion?
Vladimir Lenin was an atheist, he did not believe in God.
What do the Soviet historians think of the Russian Revolution?
Soveit historians think that Lenin was infallible and that he translated Marxism to suit 20th century Russian conditions in 1917. they believe that the revolution was necessary and inevitable. the most significant part, according to soviet historians, is the transfer of power. they believe that the acts of terror were justified yet after 1991 many began to question Lenin's motives
