establishment of dual authority Flashcards
who was the leader of the provisional government?
prince lvov
who was prince lvov?
wealthy aristocrat and zemstva leader
who were members of the provisional government?
influential elites and those who had formerly favoured constitutional monarchy- liberals, moderate socialists, kadets
what was the original intention for the provisional government?
it would be temporary and that elections would be helf asap for a new constituent assembly which would draw up a new constitution for russia.
who accepted the PG as legitimate?
olf tsarist civil service, army officers and the police.
where was the PG based?
in the duma chamber in the right wing of the tauride palace in petrograd
how was the PG seen by workers, soldiers and peasants?
self-appointed committee of the wealthy, tainted by their previous associations with tsardom
which was seen as more democratic by the peasants, workers and soliders?
PS
where was the PS based?
left wing of the tauride palace
what was the PS comprised of?
radical socialist intellectuals, mensheviks, social revolutionaries and a small number of bolsheviks
of the PS’s executive committee how many were actually workers?
7/42
how did the PS claim direct democratic authority?
since its members were elected by various lesser St.Petersburg soviets.
who was the only member of both the Provisional Government and the Soviet?
Kerensky
what did the soviet make not attempt to demand?
land redistribution or the nationalisation of industry
what promises of the Provisional Government did the Soviet accept?
general amnesty for political prisoners; civil liberties; the abolition of legal disabilities based on class, religion and nationality; freedom to organise trade unions and to strike; the election of a Constituent Assembly to determine Russia’s future.
