Fall of the Provisional Government Flashcards
What did structure of the Provisional Government do to help the Provisional Government fall with its members?
It's relation to the Tsar and the old regime meant that it was less liked by the people and wasn't very representative with mostly being middle class and nobility. The radicals they had like the Kadets and Socialists weren't popular as they didn't want much change to the system so weren't supported much
What did structure of the Provisional Government do to help the Provisional Government fall with the dual power?
Order number 1 - This law meant that citizens would listen to the PG unless the Soviets disagreed. Meant that the Soviets shifted the power towards themselves and took away PG credibility, and wasn’t trusted much
-It was waiting for the November election to make a new representative constituent assembly, so was reluctant to pass anything before this, so didn’t do much for the country
What did Kerensky do to help the Provisional Government fall in the July Days?
- Didn’t cut off Soviets in the July Days when they were most defeated and their support was low, showing he couldn’t handle the situation, and were too weak against them.
- He didn’t arrest those who fled, or shut down all of the places the Soviet held power, such as the newspapers, the Izvestia were still open
What did Kerensky do to help the Provisional Government fall with its reputation after the Kornilov Coup?
Kerensky’s reputation was in ruins, and he wasn’t trusted in the PG from the other members or the rest of the army, worsening the citizens views of the PG and thinking they can’t function without the Soviets
What did Kerensky do to help the Provisional Government fall in the Kornilov Coup?
He gave the Bolsheviks more symbolic and literal power as the defenders of Petrograd against threats and 40,00 rifles and men
His lack of control on his General showed his decreasing popularity and control in the army
What did Lenin do to hinder the Provisional Government fall with his early ideas?
As early as the April Theses he wanted to take down the PG, but because it was so rejected he backed away but stilled sowed the seeds of rebellion and dissatisfaction of the PG by proposing the idea of ‘Peace, Land, Bread’ which was popular with the workers and what they wanted out of their government.
What did Trotsky do to help the Provisional Government fall in the Kornilov Coup to do with organisation?
He was the one to organise the Red Guard soldiers and arm them against Kornilov after being freed by Kerensky which changed the citizens ideas on the Bolsheviks from being the enemy of Petrograd to the protectors of Petrograd from a dictatorship
What did Trotsky do to help the Provisional Government fall after the Kornilov Coup?
He make the Military Revolutionary Committee, which gave the Soviets an army and strength in numbers, to defend themselves from attacks and if the PG wanted to retaliate
What did Lenin do between the revolutions with the civilians to help in the fall of the Provisional Government?
He spread the message of Bolshevism to the workers in factories and did what the people wanted, raised the number of Bolshevik support from 23,000 in February to 200,000 in October
What did Lenin do between the revolutions within the Soviet to help in the fall of the Provisional Government?
He knew how to talk and how to convince those in the Soviet to his ideas, like what he did in September and October to convince the Central Committee of the Bolsheviks to take down the PG with only 2 rejecting the idea out of 12. He showed commitment in sending messages to the Soviet even when he was out of the country about what was happening
What did Lenin do to hinder the Provisional Government fall with the July Days?
However, he wasn’t part of it as he was too weak in his leadership to stop the July Days and his reputation decreased because of the leaked letter, so he wasn’t important because he didn’t use the opportunity to take over the PG
How many Red Guard were in the Military Revolutionary Committee?
200,000
How many Baltic sailors were in the Military Revolutionary Committee?
60,000
How many soldiers from the Petrograds remaining Garrison units were in the Military Revolutionary Committee?
150,000
What did Trotsky tell the public to help the Provisional Government fall after the Kornilov Coup?
He told the public about the corruption of the PG, and how they weren’t for the people because they were only doing things for the elites and middle class, don’t want to help workers
