Lesson 3-Why was there a revolution in Russia in 1917? Flashcards
Who was Nikolei Chkheidze?
Menshevik Chairman of the Petrograd Soviet
Who was Kerensky?
War minister
Who was General Kornilov?
Commander in Chief
What was Petrograd?
Name given to the city of Saint Petersburg from the time of Russia’s involvement in World War I until Lenin’s death in 1924
What was the February Revolution?
First of 2 revolutions in Russia in 1917.
What did the February Revolution centre around?
The then Capital Petrograd in March
What was the immediate result on the February Revolution?
Abdication of Tsar Nicholas II, the end of the Romanov dynasty, and the end of the Russian Empire.
Who were the Soviets?
Revolutionary council of workers or peasants in Russia before 1917
Who were the Cossacks?
The Tsar’s elite guard
When were the Provisional Committee formed?
Formed March 12th 1917 in Petrograd on the day of the victory of the February Bourgeois Democratic Revolution of 1917 in Russia.
Who was the Provisional Committee formed by?
The Council of Elders of the Fourth State Duma
What did the Provisional Committee claim?
They were taking power
Who was the provisional government?
Held formal power after the overthrow of the Tsar in Feb 1917.
Who was the provisional government made up of?
Landowners and industrialists, mainly Kadets, together with Kerensky, and was supported by the Mensheviks and SRs
What was the term dual authority used to describe?
A democratically-elected executive and constituent assembly was set up.
At same time, Socialists also formed the Petrograd Soviet, which ruled alongside the Provisional Government.
Arrangement called Dual Power
