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.
in April what statement did the Provisional Government make?
‘the power of the state should be based, not on violence and coercion, but on the consent of free citizens to the power they themselves created’
what did the new government give?
freedom of religion and the press, abolished the death penalty at the front, replaced the tsarist police with a ‘people’s militia’ and dismissed Provincial Governers, giving their work to the elected zemstva
what was the rule by a mixture of?
liberals and radicals
what did the Soviets ‘Order No.1’ say?
that soldiers and workers should obey the Provisional Government, but only when the Soviet agreed with the Provisional Government’s decisions
what did the Provisional Government believe?
tried to discipline army deserters and restore order in towns and countryside. Believed that the change of regime should lead to an all-out effort to ‘win’ the war
what did the Soviet believe?
encouraged peasants and workers to defy authority and assert their ‘rights’. Believed that the war should be ended as quickly as possible ‘without annexation’ of territory by the Germans as the price of peace.
