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11. Poltical Authority, Oppositipn And The State Of Russia In Wartime Flashcards

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political problems of tsardom in wartime: how was tsars decision to go to war in 1914 initially popular

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supported by wave of anti german sentiment

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political problems of tsardom in wartime: what happened to strike activity and extremist when tsar announced decision to go to war

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strike activity ceased, extremists imprisoned

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political problems of tsardom in wartime: why did duma dissolve itself in coming of war

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didnt want to burden country with unnecessary politics

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political problems of tsardom in wartime: what did st petersburg become

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petrograd

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political problems of tsardom in wartime: when was spirit of national solidarity dampened

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initial victories gave way to defeat at hands of germand in Battle of Tannenburg

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political problems of tsardom in wartime: reports of what inflamed simmering discontent in russian capital

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military incompetence

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wartime gov and organisation: what were military zones set up in July 1914

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all civillian authority suspended and military assumed command

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wartime gov and organisation: why did liberal zemstva oppose military zones

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regarded gov as insensitive to needs of people and believed civilians had major part to play in running the war

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wartime gov and organisation: why was govs decision to ban sale of alcohol 1914 resented

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vodka regarded as a near essential

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wartime gov and organisation: what did zemstva establish to provide medical facilities which state seemed to neglect

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union of zemstva

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wartime gov and organisation: what initiative came from factory owners and businessmen

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congress of reps of industry and business

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wartime gov and organisation: what did congress of reps of industry and businessmen do

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helped coordinate production

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wartime gov and organisation: what joined togehter in June 1915 to form all russian union of zemstva and cities

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existing zemstva and municipal dumas

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wartime gov and organisation: who was all russian union of zemstvas and cities chaired by

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Prince Lvov

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wartime gov and organisation: what did all russian union of zemstva and cities soon turn into

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liberal focus for discontent

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wartime gov and organisation: what did progressive bloc demand

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the tsar change his ministers and establish a gov of public confidence

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wartime gov and organisation: who set up progressive bloc

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some deputies from fourth duma

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wartime gov and organisation: what did NII do in response to progressive blocs demands

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suspended all sittings of duma in sept and remained closed until jan 1917

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wartime gov and organisation: what did NII decide to do following defeats in Galicia

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take on role of commander in chief of russian army

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wartime gov and organisation: what was NII decision to take on role of commander in chief not wise

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hed already lost confidence and support of russian general staff and didnt possess military experience to turn war effort around

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wartime gov and organisation: what effect did NII commander in chief have

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made him appear yet more responsible for varying disasters and distanced him more from developments in Petrograd

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wartime gov and organisation: why began to meddle in political appointments and policy in city

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rasputin

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wartime gov and organisation: what rumours were circulating about Alexandra

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deliberately sabotaging war effort

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wartime gov and organisation: who warned nicholas of rasputins unpopularity

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president of fourth duma, Mikhail Rodzianko

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wartime gov and organisation: why did NII not take action against rasputin

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his wife relied on him heavily

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wartime gov and organisation: who murdered rasputin 17 december 1916

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tsars nephew and his accomplice

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wartime gov and organisation: how did NII seem unaware/unconcerned about political demands

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in letters home he seemed more concerned about childrens measles than starving children

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economic and social problems created by war: how was russian economy showing strains of war by Christmas 1914

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serious shortage of munitions and prospect of a long war was daunting

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military issues: how many men did gov manage to mobilise between 1914-17

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15 million

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military issues: how were soldiers sent to fight without adequate supplies

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without suitable weaponary, lacking warm clothing and fitting, waterproof footwear

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military issues: how many rifles did infantry have 1914

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2 rifles for every 3 soldiers

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military issues: what did soldiers have to rely on weaponary wise in early years

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that of fallen comrades

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military issues: what did quiet winter months of 1915-16 allow for

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more time for training and production of ammunition

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military issues: what did most front line units have by time of brusilov offensive june 1916

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reasonable complement of machine guns and artillery shells

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military issues: why did army have a serious lack of experienced officers by 1916

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most killed by early stages of war

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military issues: what led to 1.5 million desertions per year

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heavy casualties and deteriorating economic and pol situation in russia

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internal problems: what did spending on war rise to 1914-18

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1914: 1500 million roubles

1918 14500 roubles

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internal problems: what happened as a result of rural and industrial workforce being affected by increased military spending

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women and children took on some mens work but production slumped at a time when country needed to be producing more

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internal problems: what removed important industrial capacity in Germany and other parts of western russia

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overrun by germans

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internal problems: what brought russian trade to a standstill

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naval blockades of baltic and black sea ports together with loss of overland routes to europe

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internal problems: why did some in countryside do well out of war

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conscription helped to relieve some of population pressure and those with grain and horses made money by supplying the military

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internal problems: why did some hoard grain and foodstuffs they produced

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prices offered by gov low, tools and equipment in short supply and it was hard to find essential household goods

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internal problems: why did grain not always reach town workers even when it was released

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inefficient distribution

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internal problems: why had railways been taken over

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to transport men and goods to front line

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internal problems: what happened to foodstuffs that should have found their way to citites

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left to rot beside railway beside railway sidings

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internal problems: why did town population swell

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factories sought more workers for essential war industries

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internal problems: what did recruitment drive mean although armament manufacture improved

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rifle prod x2

heavy artillery prod x4- at expense of civilian needs

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internal problems: why did unemployment soar in urban centres

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non military factories deprived of vital supplies and forced to close

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internal problems: what financially crippled surviving industries

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strikes and lockouts

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internal problems: how many workers on strike in moscow and petrograd Jan 1917

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m 30,000

p 145000`

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opp to autocracy and pol collapse feb/march 1917: why were streets of petrograd tense by winter of 1917

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pent up frustrations of unemployed, starving and desperate

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opp to autocracy and pol collapse feb/march 1917: what was a hint of things to come

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demonstration 150000 workers in petrograd on anniversary of bloody sunday

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opp to autocracy and pol collapse feb/march 1917: why was order no 1 introduced

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pressure from soldiers and from mutineers at Kronstadt caused petrograd soviet to agree that each regiment should elect committees and send reps to soviet

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opp to autocracy and pol collapse feb/march 1917: what was order no 1

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charter of soldiers rights

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opp to autocracy and pol collapse feb/march 1917: order no 1 all units to elect

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deputy to soviet and agree to pol control of petrograd soviet

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opp to autocracy and pol collapse feb/march 1917: order no 1 military commission of duma to be obeyed only if

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agreed with soviets orders

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opp to autocracy and pol collapse feb/march 1917: order no 1 alll weapons to be controlled by

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elected soldiers committees

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opp to autocracy and pol collapse feb/march 1917: all soldiers to enjoy when off duty

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full citizens rights

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opp to autocracy and pol collapse feb/march 1917: order no 1 no honorific titles to be used for

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officers

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opp to autocracy and pol collapse feb/march 1917: order no 1 officers not to address soldiers in what form

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ty form

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opp to autocracy and pol collapse feb/march 1917: why did NII never return to pretrograd

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train diverted by rebellious railway workers and froced to stop as Pskov

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opp to autocracy and pol collapse feb/march 1917: who was tsar under pressure to resign from

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chief of general stafff

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opp to autocracy and pol collapse feb/march 1917: why did chief of general staff pressure NII to resign

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he’d be reassured by an agreement on 1 march that petrograd soviet would recognise PG formed by members of duma

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opp to autocracy and pol collapse feb/march 1917: who did chief of general staff suggest NII resign in favour of

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his son

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opp to autocracy and pol collapse feb/march 1917: when did NII agree to cheif of general staffs demand

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2 march

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opp to autocracy and pol collapse feb/march 1917: why did NII name GD Mikhail as new tsar

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Alexei’s health too delicate

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opp to autocracy and pol collapse feb/march 1917: how did NII state Mikhail should lead country

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‘in complete union with reps of people in legislative bodies on principles to be established by them and to take an inviolable oath to this effect

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opp to autocracy and pol collapse feb/march 1917: who refused throne

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Mikahil

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opp to autocracy and pol collapse feb/march 1917: where were tsar and family placed

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under house arrest along with most of members of tsars council of ministers

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prov gov: who led PG

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prince Lvov

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prov gov: what did its members represent

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cross section of influentual elites

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prov gov: what was its orginial intention

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temporary and elections would be held asap for new constituent assembly

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prov gov: who was PG accepted as legitimate by

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tsarist civil service, army officers and police

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prov gov: where did PG set up

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in duma chamber in right wind of Tauride Palace in petrograd

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petrograd soviet: how did workers soliders and peasants regard PG

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self appointed committee of wealthy, tainted by previous associations with tsardom

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petrograd soviet: who was it dominated by

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mensheviks and SRs small no of bolsheviks

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petrograd soviet: where did it establish its HQ

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left wing of tauride palace

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petrograd soviet: what was it primarily composed of

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radical social intellectuals

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petrograd soviet: what did it seem to lack

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confidence needed to assume direct control

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petrograd soviet: what agreement was reached thanks to kerensky

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agreement to work together which laid foundations for period of dual power

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petrograd soviet: what did soviet make no attempt to demand

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land redistribution or nationalisation of industry

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petrograd soviet: what promises of PG did soviet accept

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  • general amnesty for pol prisoners
  • basic civil liberties
  • abolition of legal disabilities based on class, religion and nationality
  • right to organise TUs and to strike
  • constituent assembly elected
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petrograd soviet: what did PG allow freedom of

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religion and the press

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petrograd soviet: what did PG abolish

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death penalty at front

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petrograd soviet: who did PG replace tsarist police force with

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peoples militia

86
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the dual power in action: why was dual power never going to be easy

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mixture of radical and liberals ruling

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the dual power in action: what did order 1 state that made rule difficult

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soldiers should obey PG but only when soviet agreed with pg

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the dual power in action: what did soviet encourage whilst PG tried to discipline deserters and restore order in towns and cities

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encouraged peasants and workers to defy authority and assert their rights

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the dual power in action: what had the masses expected despite PGs belief that a change of regime should lead to all out effort to win the war

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expected political changes to bring about an end to wartime deprivation

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the dual power in action: examples of workers and peasants disturbances that continued

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  • military desertions and workers strikes

- peasants disturbances affected 34 districts march 1917 325 in july

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the dual power in action: what led to a massive anti war demonstration that forced milyukov and guchkov to resign

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announcement april 1917 that gov would continue fighting until a just peace has been ensued

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the dual power in action: who were milyukov and guchov replaced by

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socialists from the soviet

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the dual power in action: who was prince Lvov replaced as chairman by

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Kerensky

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the dual power in action: why did ministerial changes alarm upper class

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despair that gov had failed to protect their property, maintain order or win war aggravated by shift to left

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the dual power in action: which street riots exacerbated upper class fears

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july days

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the dual power in action: who were the hopes of the elites transferred to

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general kornilov who Kerensky had appointed as commander in chief of army

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the dual power in action: what did Kornilov order at end of august 1917

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6 regiments of troops to march on Petrograd, presumably intending to crush the soviet and establish a military dictatorship

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the dual power in action: why did kornilov affair fail

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Kerensky released imprisoned Bolsheviks and provided soviet with weapons from gov armouries to halt kornilovs advance

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the dual power in action: what was support for PG like by summer 1917

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little support left

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the dual power in action: what were food supplies and wages like by end of summer 1917

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food supplies chaotic in towns and although gov granted 8 hour day, real wages fell rapidly in 1917 as prices rose

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the dual power in action: why was hope of workers that unions and factory committees would be able to improve their lot dashed

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august when right of factory owners to dismiss workers who went on strike was confirmed and meetings of factory committees during working hours were forbidden

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the dual power in action: what lost pg support in countryside

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continuation of war and govs failure to redistribute land

103
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the dual power in action: why did gov fail to redistribute land

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claimed such an important issue had to be left until after Russia had a democratically elected assembly

104
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the dual power in action: what did peasants do when pg failed to redistribute land

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took law into their own hands and seized it anyway

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the dual power in action: what suspicions were rife despite electoral commission being established in may to arrange elections for November

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suspicion that bourgeois gov was deliberately delaying a move to greater demoncracy in order to preserve its power

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the dual power in action: which group benefitted most from widespread disillusionment

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Bolsheviks

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