The Bolsheviks appealed to the people of Russia in 1917 mainly because Russian society craved change. The tsar was now a part of the past and Russian society wanted to try something new. This is mainly why the Bolshevik party appealed to the people of Russia in 1917. The initial triumph of the Bolshevik Revolution at the end of October, 1917 did not mean that the entire population of Russia had been converted to Bolshevism. Leninwas aware of …
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…and peasants. Lenin was planning to take control of the government, however a mutiny by some soldiers over food shortages in Petrograd encouraged him to make the attempt earlier than he wanted to. Then in July, the Bolsheviks under the leadership of Lenin and Trotsky tried to seize power in Petrograd but Kerensky's, (now Prime Minster), loyal troops defeated them. These are the main reasons that the Bolsheviks appealed to the people of Russia in 1917.