Nature of Government Flashcards
(11 cards)
Who did the PG share dual authority with?
The Petrograd Soviet
Why did the PG decide to share dual authority?
The PS had access to Order Number 1: control of army in Petrograd
What did Lenin propose in his April Thesus?
• Power should be transferred to the soviets
• War should end
• All land equally allocated to peasants
• “Peace, Land and Bread”
How many Kronstadt soldiers rebelled during the July Days?
20,000
What were soldiers changing during the July Days?
“All Power to the soviets”
What was the consequences of the July Days?
Trotsky arrested
Lenin fled to Finland
What were some of the Provisional Governments reforms?
•Freedom of speech
•Freedom of religion
•Trade Unions legalised
•Amnesty for political prisoners
•Ended capital punishment
What did General Kornilov push for?
Bring back the death penalty
Banning of strikes - any workers involved in strikes to be send to the front lines of the war
Who helped defend Petrograd after Kornilov began to move troops into the city?
Bolsheviks
How did Kerensky work with the Bolsheviks during the Kornilov affair?
Bolsheviks had “red guards” (formed in secret before the Kornilov affair)
Kerensky supplied the Bolsheviks with arms (used these arms in the Bolshevik revolution)
When was Kornilov arrested?
1 September 1917
