Problems with the PG- Unit 2

Question 1

What was the problem with the PG initially?

Answer 1

• Dual authority.
• Tsardom left Russia bankrupt, had to continue war so they could get war credits,
• Needed help from West.

Question 2

Government crisis:

Answer 2

• 14 March- soviet issued ‘Address to the People of the whole world’, called for ‘peace without annexations of indemnities’. Accepted by PG.
• Meaningless when they found that Milyukov (foreign minister) had pledged to allies that Russia would not stop fighting until Germany defeated.
• Violent demonstrations against Milyukov in April. Resigned alongside Guchov, the war minister.

Question 3

What was the result of the government crisis?

Answer 3

• Kerensky= new war minister, Mensheviks and SRs given places in PG, eased relations with PG, making it mote left.
• Kadets then joined PG, infuriating Bolsheviks.

Question 4

Who was Kerensky?

Answer 4

• Campaigned for Russia to embrace conflict with Germany as a struggle to save revolution.
• Kerensky offensive on south-western front failed however.
• Made Prime Minister when Lvov stood down. 8th July 1917.

Question 5

Who was Kornilov?

Answer 5

• Becomes commander in chief of PG.
• Wants to quench SR’s and SD’s (political subversives’.