prov gov problems Flashcards
what was the Petrograd soviet
group of ppl - 2/3 peasant soldiers
evid Petrograd soviet members gaining more power in prov gov
Kerensky 1917 July leads prov gov
when was soviet order No.1
march 1917
what did soviet order no.1 do
regiment of soldiers gain representation in soviet
what were the 2 strands of gov in the tauride palace
Petrograd soviet and Prov gov
who linked the 2 strands of gov
Kerensky
what was role of Petrograd soviet
protect interest working class - SRs + Mensheviks
role of prov gov
run country (until constituent assembly) - cadets
what were soviets
worker councils (all over Russia Petrograd is largest one)
what did soviet order No.1 establish
workers do not have to obey Prov gov until soviet agreed - Majority of power lays in soviet
why did soviet Petrograd not take power
-follow marxist ideology that russia needed a bourgeois revolution before workers
-avoid counter revolution from upper classes ( restore tsardom)
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why was cooperation between prov gov + soviet needed (dual power)
Chaos in Petrograd
impact on the ppl - policies first 2 months = ‘honeymoon of rev’
-secret police disbanded
-death penalty abolished
how much control did the prov gov have over russia
-prime minister Lvov encourage local councils to run affairs - expectation for change
what was the dominant liberal force in prov gov
kadets
2 strands of cadets
right leaning - revolution go no further
left leaning - greater social reform
main socialist groups in petrograd
SR Mensheviks + Bolsheviks –> claim it was ‘bourgeois rev’
liberals view on war
continue war - gain land if allies win
socialist view on war
split = left leaning reject war + right leaning accept defensive war
problems for prov gov: war
Milyukov minister war wants territorial gains in Black Sea region RESIGNS
= solution for problem in war - why not okay
5 socialist leaders join in reform of prov gov - now SR + Mensheviks accountable for war fail
why did the prov gov launch spring offensive
result of spring offensive
soldiers turn against generals + land lost
result of spring offensive fail
July days Petrograd
how did women’s death battalion fail
women fighting intended to shame male soldiers into fight BUT shows how desperate army became
how did women’s death battalion fail
women fighting intended to shame male soldiers into fight BUT shows how desperate army became
problems w/ prov gov land
peasants demand land - collapse central authority Prov gov dispute over how to solve
failure in land
237 cases of peasants seize land reported by July - took regardless of permission
which national minorities demand independence at outbreak rev
ukraines Finn + Poles - liberals reject as want united russia
evidence of economy decline w/ prov gov
586 factories close - loss 100,000 jobs
