Question

who was the leader of a military revolution commitee appointed by the soviet to organise the seizure of power

Answer 1

The Military Revolutionary Committee (Russian: Военно-революционный комитет, Voyennо-revolyutsionny komitet), was the name for military organs created by Bolsheviks Party organizations under the soviets in preparation for the October Revolution (October 1917 – March 1918).[1] The committees were powerful directing bodies of revolt, installing and securing the Soviet power. They executed a role of provisional extraordinary organs of Proletariat power.

Answer 2

Leon Trotsky was the leader of the military revolution committee appointed by the soviet to organize the seizure of power.

Explanation:

• In 1917, Lenin persuaded the Bolshevik Party and Petrograd Soviet to agree to a seizure of power.
• The Petrograd Soviet appointed a Military Revolutionary Committee under Leon Trotsky, who later became the member of Constituent Assembly of Russia.
• The Committee seized the government offices and arrested ministers.
• With the help of this committee, a successful communist revolution in Russia had placed.

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