PG: Doomed?

Question 1

how was the PG governed?

Answer 1

dual authority
PG led by prince lvov
Petrograd Soviet

Question 2

why was the PG set up

Answer 2

rule Russia until a constituent assembly could be called up to set up a new system of government - never meant to be a permanent - didnt have the power to enforce major decisions

Question 3

what issues did it have to deal with

Answer 3

redistribution of land
radical social reform
independence of national minorities

Question 4

what did the PS pass

Answer 4

soviet order no 1 in march 1917

gave them control of the armed forces making them stronger than the PG

Question 5

what happened to the Mensheviks and SRs

Answer 5

became associated with the PG so were tied to its failures

Question 6

main failures of the PG

Answer 6

wouldn’t end the war

wouldn’t give the peasants the right to redistribute land among themselves

Question 7

who was the leader of the PG

Answer 7

Alexander Kerensky