PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT

Question 1

Who was the first leader of the Provisional Government?

Answer 1

Prince Lvov.

March - June 1917.

Question 2

Who was Milyukov?

Answer 2

War minister.

Question 3

Who was Guchkov?

Answer 3

Foreign minister.

Question 4

Who was the second/last leader of the Provisional Government?

Answer 4

Alexander Kerensky.

Question 5

What was the PG made out of?

Answer 5

The Progressive Bloc.

Question 6

What was one of the main issues with the Provisional Government politically?

Answer 6

It was not elected, they had delayed holding an election for a constitutional assembly until after WW1.

Question 7

Who did the workers prefer to the PG?

Answer 7

The Soviet.

Question 8

Why did the peasants dislike the PG?

Answer 8

Would not implement land redistribution until after the war.

Question 9

Why did the soldiers prefer the soviet to the PG?

Answer 9

As the PG continued the war.

Question 10

What does the term Dual Authority refer to?

Answer 10

The PG and Petrograd Soviet ruling together.

Question 11

What was Soviet Order No 1?

Answer 11

Decree on the setting up of soldier’s councils.

Question 12

What was the significance of Soviet Order No 1?

Answer 12

Demonstrated the power of the Soviet.

Question 13

Why did the Soviet not assume power in Feb 1917?

Answer 13

Revolutionaries not able.

Question 14

What were the four main things working against the PG?

Answer 14

1. War
2. Land
3. The rise of nationalism and demands
4. The economy.

Question 15

What was the Soviet address on 14th March 1917?

Answer 15

Soviet Order No 1

Question 16

What is Soviet Order No 1?

Answer 16

Decreed the setting up of soldiers’ councils in each regiment of the armed forces.

Question 17

What was the June Offensive?

Answer 17

Unsuccessful military operation in WW1, planned by Kerensky.

Question 18

What did the June Offensive show about the PG?

Answer 18

Demonstrated the extent of the Provisional Government’s failure to interpret and respond adequately to popular revolutionary sentiment.

Question 19

What were the July Days?

Answer 19

Several days of uncontrolled rioting on the streets.

Question 20

How are the June Offensive and July Days linked?

Answer 20

July days were sparked by the failure of the June Offensive.

Question 21

How did events turn more violent on the 4th July?

Answer 21

20,000 armed sailors from the Kronstadt naval base arrived in Petrograd.

Question 22

What do some theorise was the cause of the July Days?

Answer 22

The Bolsheviks, seen as an early attempt by them to take power.

Question 23

How did the July Days end?

Answer 23

Lacking leadership and having no clear purpose.

Question 24

When did Lenin return to Russia?

Answer 24

April 1917.

Question 25

What was the April Theses?

Answer 25

Ideas of what the Bolsheviks would do. Refused all co-operation with the PG.

Question 26

Give two Bolshevik sayings.

Answer 26

• “All power to the Soviets”.

- “Peace, Bread and Land.”

Question 27

Why was “Peace, Bread and Land” a winning slogan?

Answer 27

Bolsheviks promised everything the people wanted, an end to war, end of the food shortages and the re-distribution of land.

Question 28

How are the PG seen as weak?

Answer 28

Did little to deal with its opponents. Even after the Bolsheviks rebelled in July 1917, the government allowed the Bolsheviks to continue.

Question 29

Where is there evidence of repression by the PG?

Answer 29

Set up ‘death squads’ to execute deserters from the army. This made things worse.

Question 30

What had the industrial output increased by in the period of 1909 to 1913, before the PG took over?

Answer 30

On average 7% per year.

Question 31

What was the main form of opposition the PG faced?

Answer 31

The growing strength of workers’ committees especially in Petrograd.