Provisional Government and Dual Power Flashcards
(18 cards)
Constituent Assembly
an elected body that has the specific function of drawing up a constitution
1997 March 2
Abdication of Nicholas 2 and formation of an all liberal provisional government
April 4 1917
Lenin return to Russia, release of April Theses
18-21 April 1917
Milyukov Crisis
5 May 1917
Reconstruction of Provisional Government as a liberal socialist coalition
18 June 1917
June Offensive begins
3-5 July 1917
July days Lenin flees to Finland
8 July 1917
Kerensky replaces Lviv as PM
18 July 1917
Kornilov appointed commander in chief by Kerensky
27-31 August 1917
The Kornilov Affair
23 September 1917
Trotsky becomes chairman of the Petrograd Soviet
12 October 1917
Formation of Petrograd Soviet
24-26 October 1917
Bolshevik seizure of power in Petrograd
12-15 November 1917
Constituent Assembly elections
Provisional governments early political reforms
- an amnesty for all political prisoners (even those detained for terrorist offences)
- abolition of capital punishment
- unrestricted freedom of speech and assembly
- equal rights for all citizens
- dissolution of tsarist political forces and their replacement militias with elected officers.
- election of the zemstva and town council on a fully democratic basis
how many members of petrograd garrison represented soilders
2/3 of 3,000 members.
what was the executive committee made up of
political activist, professional revolutionists
who had full control of the capital?
Petrograd soviets, and support f key workers and city’s army garrison
