Provisional Government

Question 1

Lack of authority

Answer 1

Petrograd Soviet- in charge of military (Soviet Order No. 1)
Neither government has control beyond Petrograd- local governments realistically acting independently
Opposed by nobility (Czarists), liberals (not democratically elected), workers (dictatorship of proletariat)
No real support- indecision, misinterpreted as deliberate neglection and inaction
Elections to Constituent Assembly delayed, never held

Question 2

No authority- Bolsheviks

Answer 2

Lenin publishes April Theses- actively opposing PG
Bolsheviks in charge of Moscow, Petrograd, Minsk, Vladivostok and Krasnodar by September
Bolsheviks only party not affiliated with PG

Question 3

Land

Answer 3

Peasants seize noble land, advised to it by All-Russian Peasant Assembly
Land question delayed until Constituent Assembly formed- Chernov made Minister for Agriculture

Question 4

War and Military

Answer 4

Guchkov- Minister for War (Czarist)
Soviet Order Number One- military under control of Soviet
Miliukov proposes treaty with Britain and France- forced to resign with Guchkov
Trench Bolshevism
Kerensky’s Spring Offensive- 400k lost, 170k desert
Kornilov- sends troops to destroy Soviet- completely discredits PG- Bolsheviks not involved
Kerensky supplies Red Guard with weapons later used against him- has lost control of army, which mutinies
October Revolution

Question 5

Urban discontent

Answer 5

1/2 million on strike from April through July
Food and fuel shortages+ inflation
PG limited activities of workers’ committees- appears undemocratic
July Days- protest after Spring Offensive- 800 Bolsheviks arrested, German funds discovered, Lenin flees
Lawlessness