Provisional Government Feb-Oct 1917

Question 1

What were the elections for the new constituent assembly.

Answer 1

Fully democratic, all adults could vote, all votes equal value

Question 2

Who was the most influential Bolshevik in Petrograd after the Feb revolution?

Answer 2

Kamenev

Question 3

What did Kamenev want?

Answer 3

A collaboration between the Bolsheviks and Mensheviks

Question 4

What members were involved in the PG?

Answer 4

All mc liberals except Kerensky who was a socialist

Question 5

What was Lvov in the PG?

Answer 5

Interior minister

Question 6

What was Milyukov (kadet) in the PG?

Answer 6

Foreign minister

Question 7

What was Guchkov (Octoberist) in the PG?

Answer 7

War minister

Question 8

What was Kerensky (Socialist) in the PG?

Answer 8

Justice minister

Question 9

What member of the PG was also part of the PS?

Answer 9

Kerensky

Question 10

What role did Kerensky have in the PS?

Answer 10

Chairman of the Petrograd Soviet

Question 11

Did the PG have power?

Answer 11

Had no authority over the Petrograd Garrison, reliant on the power/influence of the PS

Question 12

What power did the PS have?

Answer 12

Full control over the city, support of key workers and the city’s Garrison, support of railway and postal workers

Question 13

How big was the Petrograd Garrison?

Answer 13

180k troops in the city, 150k outside the city in outlying districts

Question 14

How many soviets were there in Oct 1917?

Answer 14

1500 soviets across Russia, looked to the PS for leadership and direction

Question 15

How were the PS elected?

Answer 15

Elected by the citys workers and soldiers

Question 16

How many representatives did the workers have per what amount of workers?

Answer 16

1 representative per 1000 workers

Question 17

How many soldiers did the soliders have per what amount of soldiers?

Answer 17

1 representative per 250 soldiers

Question 18

How many members were in the Petrograd Soviet?

Answer 18

3000 members

Question 19

What amount of the Petrograd Soviet were soldier representatives?

Answer 19

2/3 of the soldiers

Question 20

Who decided the policies of the PS?

Answer 20

Executive Committee

Question 21

How many members were in the Executive Committee?

Answer 21

30 members

Question 22

What parties dominated the Executive Committee?

Answer 22

Mensheviks and SRs

Question 23

Who was the most influential member in the Executive Committee?

Answer 23

Tsereteli (Menshevik)

Question 24

What reforms did the PG introduce in the Spring of 1917?

Answer 24

Amnesty for all political prisoners, abolition of capital punishment, unrestricted freedom of speech and assembly, equal rights for all citizens, dissolution of Tsarist police officers, elections of Zemstva to be fully democratic

Question 25

What was the PS leaders perspective towards the war?

Answer 25

Wanted to end the war through a compromised peace with the allies and central powers

Question 26

What did the PS release in March 1917?

Answer 26

“An appeal to all the peoples of the world”

Question 27

What policy did “An appeal to all the peoples of the world” set out?

Answer 27

Revolutionary Defencism

Question 28

Who was the principal creator of Revolutionary Defencism

Answer 28

Tsereteli (Socialist)