Feb/march Rev 1917

Question 1

Why did feb/march rev begin?

Answer 1

Began as spontaneous uprising triggered by bread shortages. Was rooted from suffering and frustration under autocracy

Question 2

Why did Tsar Nicholas abdicate?

Answer 2

His train was diverted and he was forced to. Him and his family put under house arrest.

Question 3

What were the two bodes that shared political power after tsar abdicated? (Dual authority)

Answer 3

The provisional government and the Petrograd Soviet

Question 4

What was the provisional government?

Answer 4

• Headed by Lvov
• Made up of former supports of constitutional monarchy
• Planned as a temporary government until a constitutional assembly could be elected
• Supported by the old tsarist civil service, army officers and the police

Question 5

What was the Petrograd Soviet?

Answer 5

• Socialist intellectuals
• Members of executive committee were elected, unlike PG
• Generally considered by workers, soldiers and peasants to be a more democratic, less elitist organisation than the PG

Question 6

Who was Alexandr Kerensky?

Answer 6

the only member of both bodies (PG and PS) – helped to regulate them

Question 7

Why was there some conflict between the two bodies?

Answer 7

• PG wanted to improve discipline in the army to stop more desertions, also wanted to restore order in countryside. But the Soviet encouraged soldiers, workers and peasants to defy authority and assert their rights.