By 1917 Russia was facing an economic crisis whilst still enduring the First World War. The Tsar had fallen from power and the Provisional Government was doing little to solve the problems facing Russia. An event leading up to the Bolshevik revolution was the collapse of The Provisional Government. This government was temporarily put in place after the Tsar fell from power. This meant that it was not elected by the people and therefore had little support. They did not have the support of the peasants who had traditional ideas and still supported the Tsar. This was a problem as the peasants made up 4/5ths of Russia at this time. The Provisional Government promised an end to the war and starvation facing Russia, but did little to solve these problems. This caused them to lose even more support from the people, and therefore pushed people into supporting the Bolshevik party. The Bolshevik party was a minority party led by Lenin. Lenin gained support in April 1917 when he returned from exportation and gave the people his April Theses. He promised that the Bolsheviks would give the starving peasants what they wanted, using the famous slogan ‘peace, land and bread’. This increased the support for the Bolsheviks and brought the Bolshevik revolution closer to Lenin. This slogan is an example of how Lenin and Trotsky used propaganda very cleverly and efficiently whilst planning a Bolshevik Revolution. The Bolsheviks’ publicity campaigns were funded by German money. The Germans knew that the Bolsheviks planned to pull Russia out of war and so aided them financially. An example of the Bolsheviks’ propaganda machine is their own newspaper which published Bolshevik ideas called ‘Pravda’. This helped to get the people on side and therefore encouraged a Bolshevik Revolution. Support for the Provisional Government fell into turmoil after the Kerensky Offensive of June 1917. As the starving people of Russia rioted the streets of Pet