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Provisional Government Flashcards

1
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What was the role of the Petrograd Soviet

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A supervisory role

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2
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How was the Petrograd Soviet able to restrict the Provisional Government?

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Through Soviet Order Number One

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3
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What did the Petrograd Soviet seek to do?

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Make sure the interests or workers and soldiers were being fulfilled

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4
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What does Soviet Order Number 1 state?

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That the Provisional Government have no control of the army

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5
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What did having no control over the army mean for the Provisional Government?

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Its authority was weakened

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6
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Give some of the early achievements of the provisional government

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Amnesty for political prisoners
Recognition of trade unions
Introduction of any eight hour work day
Replacement of Tsarist police with peoples militia

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7
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How many desertions were there between March and May?

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3,650,000

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What kind of situation did the provisional government find themselves in in terms of war?

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A paradoxical one

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9
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Why couldnt the provisional government leave the war?

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They needed cash and supplies from the western allies

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10
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Why couldn’t the provisional government stay in the war?

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The general populous was discontented and the army was unhappy

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11
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How did the Provisional Government’s failure to leave the war help the Bolsheviks?

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They gained support because they supported leaving the war

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12
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What did the Bolshevik attitude on war align them with?

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Popular opinion

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13
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What did the Provisional Government refuse to allow?

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Land seizures

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14
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How did the Pro Gov want land reform to be?

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Lawful and fair

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15
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What did the Pro Gov set up to deal with land reform

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The Land Commission

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16
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Why would the Pro Gov unlikely be enthusiasts for land reform?

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The came from the landed and propertied classes so wouldn’t be enthusiastic about a policy that would threaten their own existence

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17
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In terms of war why were the Pro Gov reluctant to go ahead with Land Reform?

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They feared it could lead to wholesale desertions where soldiers of peasant origin would leave the front and return home

18
Q

What did failure of the Pro Gov to deal with land reform lead to?

A

Support for the Bolsheviks

19
Q

Why did the Land issue help the Bolsheviks gain support?

A

They encouraged land seizures

20
Q

What land policy did the Bolsheviks support?

A

“Land to the peasantry”

21
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Where did their land to the peasantry policy gain the Bolsheviks huge support? Why?

A

Petrograd, the soldiers of the Petrograd garrison were mostly of peasant origin

22
Q

How was the Land to the Peasantry an opportunistic policy?

A

The bolsheviks were going against their own ideology to gain support

23
Q

How were land seizures suppressed?

A

By armed force

24
Q

What did the Pro Gov set up on grain?

A

A state monopoly

25
Q

What were the prices of grain set at?

A

60% above the Tsarist level

26
Q

What was the price of grain not linked to? What did this cause

A

The price rises in consumer goods.

Meant producers had no incentive to sell

27
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How did workers become very organised after the revolution?

A

By forming soviets, trade unions and factory committees

28
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What did workers negotiate with employers over?

A

Working conditions and management of the factory

29
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In some cases what were workers groups powerful enough to do

A

Undermine factory workers control

30
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What had the Pro Gov given permission to owners of factories to do?

A

Dismiss workers and ban the committees from meeting during work hours

31
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what were set up to manage housing and accomodation

A

Soviets

32
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What faded away?

A

Loyalty to the Pro Gov

33
Q

How did army discipline collapse?

A

Soldiers elected their own soviets which ignored officers’ commands

34
Q

How many strikes were there in April 1917?

A

35000

35
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How many strikers were involved in the Strikes of April 1917

A

1,800,000

36
Q

How many strikes were there in October 1917?

A

120,000

37
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How many strikers were involved in October 1917?

A

250,000

38
Q

What were the levels of rural unrest in March?

A

1.9

39
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What were the levels of unrest by October?

A

16.6

40
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How did the Pro Gov lose its upper class support

A

Order broke down and property in the countryside was attacked and seized by peasants

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