Question

What were the main changes brought about by the Bolsheviks immediately after the October Revolution?

Answer 1

Instructions:

• Redistribution of wealth.
• Political changes.
• Institutional changes.

Solution:

• By November 1917, Industries and banks were nationalized. The government took control over their ownership and management.
• The land was also declared a social property. The peasants were allowed to seize the land of the nobility. Foreign investments were confiscated.
• In the cities, large houses were partitioned according to the families’ requirements and not their wealth.
• Old titles of the aristocracy were banned.
• Bolshevik Party was renamed the Russian Communist Party (Bolshevik).
• All Russian Congress of Soviets became the parliament of the country.
• Russia became a one-party state.
• Trade unions were kept under the control of the party.​