prov gov problems

Question 1

what was the Petrograd soviet

Answer 1

group of ppl - 2/3 peasant soldiers

Question 2

evid Petrograd soviet members gaining more power in prov gov

Answer 2

Kerensky 1917 July leads prov gov

Question 3

when was soviet order No.1

Answer 3

march 1917

Question 4

what did soviet order no.1 do

Answer 4

regiment of soldiers gain representation in soviet

Question 5

what were the 2 strands of gov in the tauride palace

Answer 5

Petrograd soviet and Prov gov

Question 6

who linked the 2 strands of gov

Answer 6

Kerensky

Question 7

what was role of Petrograd soviet

Answer 7

protect interest working class - SRs + Mensheviks

Question 8

role of prov gov

Answer 8

run country (until constituent assembly) - cadets

Question 9

what were soviets

Answer 9

worker councils (all over Russia Petrograd is largest one)

Question 10

what did soviet order No.1 establish

Answer 10

workers do not have to obey Prov gov until soviet agreed - Majority of power lays in soviet

Question 11

why did soviet Petrograd not take power

Answer 11

-follow marxist ideology that russia needed a bourgeois revolution before workers
-avoid counter revolution from upper classes ( restore tsardom)
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Question 12

why was cooperation between prov gov + soviet needed (dual power)

Answer 12

Chaos in Petrograd

Question 13

impact on the ppl - policies first 2 months = ‘honeymoon of rev’

Answer 13

-secret police disbanded
-death penalty abolished

Question 14

how much control did the prov gov have over russia

Answer 14

-prime minister Lvov encourage local councils to run affairs - expectation for change

Question 15

what was the dominant liberal force in prov gov

Answer 15

kadets

Question 16

2 strands of cadets

Answer 16

right leaning - revolution go no further
left leaning - greater social reform

Question 17

main socialist groups in petrograd

Answer 17

SR Mensheviks + Bolsheviks –> claim it was ‘bourgeois rev’

Question 18

liberals view on war

Answer 18

continue war - gain land if allies win

Question 19

socialist view on war

Answer 19

split = left leaning reject war + right leaning accept defensive war

Question 20

problems for prov gov: war

Answer 20

Milyukov minister war wants territorial gains in Black Sea region RESIGNS

Question 21

= solution for problem in war - why not okay

Answer 21

5 socialist leaders join in reform of prov gov - now SR + Mensheviks accountable for war fail

Question 22

why did the prov gov launch spring offensive

Question 23

result of spring offensive

Answer 23

soldiers turn against generals + land lost

Question 24

result of spring offensive fail

Answer 24

July days Petrograd

Question 25

how did women's death battalion fail

Answer 25

women fighting intended to shame male soldiers into fight BUT shows how desperate army became

Question 26

how did women's death battalion fail

Answer 26

women fighting intended to shame male soldiers into fight BUT shows how desperate army became

Question 27

problems w/ prov gov land

Answer 27

peasants demand land - collapse central authority Prov gov dispute over how to solve

Question 28

failure in land

Answer 28

237 cases of peasants seize land reported by July - took regardless of permission

Question 29

which national minorities demand independence at outbreak rev

Answer 29

ukraines Finn + Poles - liberals reject as want united russia

Question 30

evidence of economy decline w/ prov gov

Answer 30

586 factories close - loss 100,000 jobs