chapter 11 - dual power 1917 Flashcards
what were the two sections of dual power in 1917
-the provisional government
-the petrograd soviet
who were the members of the prov gov
-influential elites - those who wanted consitutional monarchy
-liberals
-moderate socialists
-kadets
what was the intention of the prov gov
-temporary
-draw up plans for the new constituent assembly they intended to create
why was the petrograd soviet seen as a more democratic organisation
input from workers, soliders and peasants who saw the prov gov as a self appointed committee of wealthy who wanted to maintain tsardom dynamics
who made up the petrograd soviet
mensheviks and SRs
small no. of bolsheviks
radical socialist intellectuals
why was the petrograd soviet not strong enough to become the main gov
-lack confidence and experience in members
what were initial decress made in dual power
-general amnesty for political prisoners
-basic civil liberties
-right to organise trade unions and strike
-a constituent assembly to be elected
what were soviets
-local soviets/councils established by peasants and factory workers
-elected representatives to go to ‘all-russian congress of soviets’
-350 representatives from towns, military bases and villages
why was the dual power not particularly effective
-opposing views - prov gov wanted to discipline deserters and enforce order in urban and rural, soviet wanted to encourage defying authority and exercising rights
why did protests continue during this time
desire to end the war. 34 districts had peasant disturbances in march 1917
between 03/17 and 05/17 365000 desertations happened
which political group suffered blame and unpopularity by the summer of 1917
provisional government
little support left due to lack of food etc supplies
which political group benefitted the most from the chaos
bolsheviks
suspicion that prov gov wanted a bourgeois gov and wanted to delay moves to democracy pushed many to support bviks.
who was the chairman after replacing Prince Lvov?
Kerensky
what were the ‘july days’
street riots in 3-4th July
perhaps organised by the bolsheviks
what was kornilov’s coup?
-attempt to crush the soviet and establish military dictatorship
-had been appointed by kerensky who stopped supporting him afterward
-coup failed as kerensky released imprisoned bolsheviks to protect
