The Bolsheviks seized power on 7 November 1917. The Congress of the Soviets declared itself to be the repository of all power and established a government called Council of People’s Commissars, composed solely of Bolsheviks, headed by Lenin.
It’s most important members were Rykov, Trotsky, Stalin and Lunacharsky. Immediately on coming to power, they renamed themselves Communists. They also shifted the seat of Government from Petrograd to Moscow.
Answer: B) A strong federal government will be more stable than a loose confederation of states.
Explanation: B is one of the main reasons why federalist believed so strongly about a strong federal government
A. A military alliance between the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries
The Warsaw Pact dates back to 1955, mainly a military alliance led by the USSR in reaction to the NATO (military alliance led by US) counterpart. This coalition also discouraged the possibility of Western Germany to rearm, especially since the entering of capitalist Germany into the Nato took place the year previous, 1954. Seen from the Soviet perspective, the Warsaw Pact also served for strengthening military presence in the Eastern countries, that were satellite states. The most representative act took by the Warsaw Pact was the invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968.
