February Revolution Flashcards
Number of Petrograd workers demonstrating on anniversary of Bloody Sunday
150,000
Issue with bread rationing
Long queues and violent exchanges as a result of it
Putilov steelworks
20,000 workers were locked out and workers in other factories went on strike in support
International Women’s day
90,000 workers went on strike and joined in with the traditional March for women, led to 240,000 marching
Evidence of spontaneous uprisings
200,000 workers went on strike on Friday 24 February and there was no obvious organisation by any political parties
Shalfeev
In charge of the mounted police, was dragged from his horse and shot
Cossack’s sympathy for the demonstrators
Refused to shoot the people on strike
Rodzianko telegram
Warned the Tsar of the developing situation in Petrograd, but was ignored
Tsar’s order to the Duma
Ordered it to dissolve on Sunday 26 February
Tsar’s orders to Khabalov
Restore order by military force, resulting in 40 demonstrators being killed
Volynskii regiment
Soldiers joined the protesters, arming them with rifles
Tsar’s second telegram
Offered to share power with the Duma, but was refused
Duma meeting on 27 feb
Set up a Provisional Government and were supported by the Army’s high command
Petrograd Soviet
Set up the same day as the Provisional Government which intend to take overt he government
La Marseillaise
The French National anthem sung on Friday 24 February during a demonstration
Bolshevik leader absentees
Lenin and Martov were in Zurich and Leon Trotsky was in New York
Revolutionary activists during the February Revolution
A Liberal group including Milyukov and Guchkov (leader of Octobrists) were present at the time
Order No 1
A charter of soldier’s rights which stated that all units had to elect a deputy to the Soviet and agree to the political control of the Petrograd Soviet, the Military Commission of the Duma was to be obeyed only if it agreed with the Soviet’s orders
Kerensky role in the Petrograd Soviet
Worked as part of the executive committee on the Soviet
Who did the Nicholas II name the new Tsar as
Grand Duke Mikhail
When did the Tsar abdicate
2 March and was placdd under house arrest
Soviet’s role outsdei of Petrograd
Rebellious groups set up their own Soviets, and places such as Finland and Ukraine declared themselves as independent
All Russian Congress of Soviets
Met in Petrograd in June 1917 with representatives from 350 provinces
Leader of PG
Was headed by Prince Lvov, a wealthy aristocrat
Issue with the PG
Contained mainly wealthy landowners and supporters of the constitutional monarchy such as liberals, moderate socialists and Kadets
Views of the PG
A self appointed committee of the qwealthy
Composition of the Petrograd Soviet
Mainly radical socialist intellectuals, Mensheviks and Social revolutionaries, with a small number of Bolsheviks
Dual Auhtority
The agreement between the provisional government and the Petrograd soviet to work together
Agreements made as part of Dual Authority
Civil liberties, freedom to organise strikes and there election of a Constituent Assembly
Disagreements in dual authority over the war
Pg wanted an all out effort to win the war, whereas, the Soviet wanted it to end as quickly as possible
Milyukov’s announcement to continue fighting
Unleashed a ström of protesting forcing Milyukov and Guchkov to resign from the PG
Kerensky
Replaced Prince Lvov as chairman of the PG
Why were elections constantly postponed
The PG didnt want to because it was clear that the Social Revolutionaries would win the support of the peasants and the Bolsheviks would attract the support of workers in the cities
