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Interpretation Question - Provisional Government

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Interpretation Question - Provisional Government

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When was the Provisional Government formed?

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1st March 1917

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How was the Provisional Government different to the Petrograd Soviet?

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It was unelected

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What did many see the Provisional Government as?

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A product of the old regime and dictatorial - power derived from the State Duma

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Who was the first Prime Minister of the Provisional Government?

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Prince Lvov

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What was a major decision of the Provisional Government that was incredibly unpopular?

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To keep Russia in WW1

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What did the revolutionaries call for in regards to the Provisional Government?

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Its dissolution

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Who had formed the Petrograd Soviet after the February Revolution?

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The workers

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What is a famous Lenin slogan in regards to the Petrograd Soviet and the illegitimate Provisional Government?

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‘All power to the Soviets’

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Who did the Provisional Government have to share power with?

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The Petrograd Soviet

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What did the Provisional Government consist mostly of?

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Kadets and Octobrists

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What were Octobrists?

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Liberal-reformists constitutional party - right wing, anti-revolutionary views

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What was the Petrograd Soviet initially made up of?

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Mensheviks and Social Revolutionaries

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What was the main economic problem facing the Provisional Government?

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High food prices and food shortages

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What were the 2 main problems facing the Provisional Government?

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  • Demands for fairer land distribution
  • Russia’s war performance
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What slogan did the Bolsheviks use, taking advantage of the problems facing the Provisional Government?

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‘Peace, Land and Bread’

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When did the Petrograd Soviet declare it would no longer support an offensive war against Germany?

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March 1917

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Why did the Provisional Government keep Russia in the war?

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They wanted the support of France and the UK - feared that investment from them would drop if they pulled out of the war

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Who was Minister of War under the Provisional Government?

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Alexander Kerensky

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What did Minister of War Alexander Kerensky order in June 1917?

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The June Offensive/Kerensky Offensive

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How many soldiers died in the Kerensky Offensive?

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60,000

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When was there widespread unrest in Petrograd?

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3rd-6th July

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Why did Lenin not take advantage of the unrest in July 1917?

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Not enough soldiers supported the Bolsheviks

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What Bolshevik leader was arrested following the July Days?

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Trotsky

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Where did Lenin flee to after the July Days?
Finland
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Who made an attempt to seize power in August 1917?
General Lavr Kornilov
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What was the attempted coup by Kornilov called?
The Kornilov Revolt
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What did the Provisional Government do in response to the Kornilov Revolt, knowing they were powerless to stop him?
They called on the Petrograd Soviet to defend the city
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Who were armed as a result of the Kornilov Revolt?
The Soviets
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Who organised the Red Guards' defence of Petrograd during the Revolt?
Trotsky
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Who infiltrated Kornilov's troops and encouraged them to desert?
Bolshevik agents
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What strikes did the Bolsheviks organise to disrupt Kornilov's supplies and communications?
Railway strikes
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What had happened to Kornilov by the end of August?
He was put under arrest
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What were the Bolsheviks seen as after the Kornilov Revolt?
Heroes
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When did the Bolsheviks take control of the Petrograd Soviet?
8th September 1917
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What did the Bolsheviks control as well as the Petrograd Soviet by the middle of September?
The Moscow Soviet
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How were the Bolsheviks different to the Mensheviks?
They believed that the Marxist revolution should move more quickly as the workers were not ready to rule themselves
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What did the Bolsheviks want to form?
A dictatorship of the proletariat
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When did Lenin return to Russia from Switzerland?
April 1917
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What did Lenin publish in April 1917, in which he condemned the Provisional Government for being bourgeois and called for a seizure of power by the Soviets?
April Theses
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When did Stalin move back to Petrograd from exile in Siberia?
March 1917
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Who dominated the Petrograd Soviet before the Bolsheviks took control of it?
The Mensheviks and Social Revolutionaries
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Who became Chairman of the Petrograd Soviet in September 1917?
Leon Trotsky
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What was Trotsky head of as well as the Petrograd Soviet?
The Military Revolutionary Committee (MRC)
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What did the MRC allow?
Socialists to infiltrate the army
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When did Lenin return from exile in Finland?
7th October 1917
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When did the Bolsheviks begin planning for a revolution?
10th October
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When did Kerensky close Pravda and Izvestiya (Bolshevik newspapers)?
23rd October
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When was there an attempt to round up the leading Bolsheviks?
23rd October
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When did the Petrograd Soviet's Military Revolutionary Committee begin seizing power under the command of Trotsky?
24th October
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When were the members of the Provisional Government arrested?
26th October
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When was the All-Russian Congress of Soviets informed by Lenin that the Bolsheviks had seized power?
27th October
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When did the Bolsheviks have total control of Moscow?
2nd November
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What was the main aim of the Provisional Government?
To create a democratically elected assembly
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What did the Provisional Government abolish?
The Secret Police
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What did the Provisional Government set up to arrest people undermining the war effort?
The Counter Espionage Bureau of the Petrograd Military District
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How many people attended the July Days demonstration?
500,000
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How many attended an anti-war demonstration in Petrograd on the 1st May 1917?
100,000
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When did Kerensky replace Prince Lvov as Prime Minister of the Provisional Government?
21st July 1917
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What did the Provisional Government introduce whilst in power, which many Western nations including the UK had not yet established?
Universal Suffrage
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What were the 4 main reasons the Provisional Government failed?
1. It lacked authority 2. It failed to implement reforms 3. WW1 4. The Bolsheviks
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What 3 freedoms did the Provisional Government give people?
- Freedom of speech - Freedom of press - Right to strike
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Who did the Provisional Government release as part of their reforms?
Political prisoners
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How many principles did the Provisional Government have?
8
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What was the Petrograd Soviet Order Number 1?
Only obey the orders of the Provisional Government if you agree with it
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When did the Provisional Government first plan to hold elections to a constituent assembly?
September 1917
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When were the elections for the constituent assembly actually held?
November 1917
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How much money did the Provisional Government spend fighting the war?
50 billion roubles
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What party was Alexander Kerensky part of, being the only non-liberal in the Provisional Government?
Socialist revolutionary party
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Who was the foreign minister of the Provisional Government and what was he?
Pavel Milyukov - a liberal
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Why did foreign minister Pavel Milyukov, a patriot, want to stay in WW1?
He wanted to liberate the peoples oppressed by Austria-Hungary and the Ottomans
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How did the socialists believe the war should be ended?
'Without annexations and without indemnities'
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What message did Lenin give after the failure of the Kerensky Offensive?
'Revolutionary defeatism'
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By when had the Finnish Parliament virtually claimed all political authority in Finland from the Provisional Government?
July 1917
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What militia helped the Bolsheviks get into power?
The First Machine Gun Regiment
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What worker demand was ignored by the Provisional Government?
The demand for an 8 hour working day
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What did national minorities call for during the reign of the Provisional Government?
Autonomy
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What did national minorities start to create as a result of the Provisional Government being liberal?
Provincial governments
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What was formed in Kiev in Ukraine to press for more autonomy?
A central Rada (council)
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What did politicians in Finland campaign for?
The establishment of their own Sejm (parliament) free from the influence of central Russian government
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What did the Provisional Government create in the Transcaucasus after there were demands for self-rule?
A Special Transcaucasia Commiittee
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What were the committees in some regions in the empire undermined by?
Local soviets
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In what 2 regions were committees undermined by local soviets?
Estonia and Latvia
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What were the majority of the population in Georgia, Estonia and Ukraine?
Peasants
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What were members of the Provisional Government in whilst sitting in the 4th Duma?
The Progressive Bloc

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