Dual Power Flashcards
The Provisional Government and the Petrograd Soviet…
shared power
The Provisional committee of the Duma took over as the Provisional Government led by…
Prince Lvov
The PG was mainly made up of…
Kadets and other Liberal parties
The only socialist in the PG was…
the SR Alexander Kerensky
The PG had NO LAWFUL AUTHORITY, as it hadn’t been…
appointed by the Tsar or elected by the Russian people
The PG announced that it would govern until a…
Constituent Assembly was elected, which would draw up a new constitution for the country
During the PG’s first weeks in power it had some popular support and its authority was respected in the larger cities, however it had…
Little power in the provinces
In the provinces, local politicians decided that they would rule without…
interference from the government
The Petrograd soviet was made up of…
workers elected by their factories
The PS aimed to look after workers’ interests and to…
protect their rights
Workers’ and soldiers’ soviets were also set up…
in other towns
At first the soviets were dominated by Mensheviks and SRs, but the Bolsheviks became more…
influential
The PS was worried that the army might be used to CRUSH the REVOLUTION so it passed…
Soviet Order Number 1
Soviet Order Number 1 stated…
Soldiers could only OBEY military orders if they had been approved by the PS - gave the soviet MILITARY power
Dual power worked well for a while, and the PG and PS agreed on some early reforms such as:
- Free speech and freedom of the press
- The Constituent Assembly should be democratically elected
- The ABOLITION of the OKHRANA
- All POLITICAL PRISONERS were FREED
- TRADE UNIONS were LEGALLY RECOGNISED
- The ABOLITION of the DEATH PENALTY
