Question

The Bolsheviks victory was not complete as long as the Winter Palace remained in the hands of the Provisional Government because:
1. It was the office of Kerensky government.
2. It was the main centre of the Soviet of Peasants
3. It was a chief treasury office.
4. It was main office of the Soviet of Petrograd

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : It was the office of Kerensky government.

• The Russian revolution was led by the Bolsheviks, who used their influence in the Petrograd Soviet to organize the armed forces.
• Bolshevik Red Guards forces under the Military Revolutionary Committee began the takeover of government buildings on October 24, 1917.
• The following day, the Winter Palace which was the seat of the Provisional Government led by Kerensky located in Petrograd, then capital of Russia was captured.
• When the fall of the Winter Palace was announced, Congress adopted a decree transferring power to the Soviets of Workers’, Soldiers’ and Peasants’ Deputies, thus ratifying the Revolution.
• Hence, it is correct that the Bolsheviks victory was not complete as long as the Winter Palace remained in the hands of the Provisional Government because It was the office of Kerensky government.