"The Military Revolutionary Committee."
Meanwhile, simultaneously with the uprising, a General Congress of the Soviets of all Russia convened. When Trotzky had stated that there was no intention to take over the powers of the government, he had spoken only for the Petrograd Soviet. This Congress was responsible for the more ambitious program.
Of the 560 members of the Congress, 250 were Bolsheviki, 150 Social Revolutionists, 60 were Minimalists, or Socialists of the Kerensky type, while the rest belonged to the various other minor radical groups.
The order of business for the Congress was:
First—Organization of Power.
Second—Peace and War.
Third—A Constituent Assembly.
Among the officers elected were Lenine and Trotzky.
The Minimalists immediately presented a motion proposing a working compromise with the Kerensky Government, but this was voted down.
The general result of the first session of the Congress was approval of the action of the Petrograd Soviet and the declaration of a new revolutionary government through the Congress. The Bolshevist element were triumphant, completely so.