Provisional Government

Question 1

Alongside the Provisional Government, what other group made up the “Dual Authority”?

Answer 1

Petrograd Soviet

Question 2

Who was the first Prime Minister of the Provisional Government?

Answer 2

Prince Lvov

Question 3

Who was initially a member of both the Provisional Government and the Petrograd Soviet?

Answer 3

Alexander Kerensky

Question 4

What did Soviet Order No 1 state?

Answer 4

The Provisional Government needed the approval of the Soviet on military matters within the capital

Question 5

What types of people did the Petrograd Soviet represent?

Answer 5

Workers and soldiers in the capital

Question 6

Identify an early reform made by the Provisional Government.

Answer 6

• Freedom of speech
• Abolition of the secret police
• Amnesty for political prisoners

Question 7

What two issues did the Provisional Government decide that they should not make a decision on until elections were held?

Answer 7

WW1 and the land question

Question 8

What was Milyukov’s note?

Answer 8

A leaked memo revealing that the Provisional Government planned to keep Russia in the war until victory.

Question 9

Who became Minister of War in the summer of 1917 and launched a failed offensive in the war?

Answer 9

Alexander Kerensky

Question 10

What was the “land question”?

Answer 10

Peasant land seizures following the fall of the Tsar

Question 11

How many illegal peasant land seizures were reported in July 1917?

Answer 11

237

Question 12

How many factories were closed and jobs lost up to June 1917?

Answer 12

Over 500 factories / 100,000 jobs

Question 13

By what % had the price of bread risen by?

Answer 13

300%

Question 14

Who provided Lenin with a sealed train to get him back to Petrograd in April?

Answer 14

The Germans

Question 15

What slogan’s summarised Lenin’s ideas in his April Thesis?

Answer 15

“Peace, Land and Bread”
“All Power to the Soviets”

Question 16

How many members of the Bolshevik Party were there in April 1917?

Answer 16

23,000

Question 17

What did the Provisional Government claim Lenin was?

Answer 17

A German spy

Question 18

What month did protests break out in relation to the worsening economic and military situation?

Answer 18

July

Question 19

What was Lenin’s attitude to the July Days protests?

Answer 19

Ambivalent - thought they would not be successful, he was suspicious of popular rebellion

Question 20

How did the Provisional Government target the Bolsheviks following the July Days protests?

Answer 20

• closed down their newspapers
• arrested key leaders such as Trotsky
• forced Lenin to flee to Finland

Question 21

Who was the Prime Minister during the Kornilov Affair?

Answer 21

Alexander Kerensky

Question 22

Who was Kornilov?

Answer 22

Right-wing Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces

Question 23

What month was the Kornilov Affair?

Answer 23

August

Question 24

Who did Kerensky rely on to protect the capital during the Kornilov Affair?

Answer 24

The Soviet and the Bolsheviks - given weapons and released from prison

Question 25

Who was elected Chairman of the Petrograd Soviet in September?

Answer 25

Trotsky

Question 26

How many members did the Bolsheviks have in October 1917?

Answer 26

200,000

Question 27

How many within the Bolshevik Central Committee voted for and against revolution in October?

Answer 27

10-2

Question 28

Which two members of the Bolshevik Central Committee voted against revolution in October?

Answer 28

Kamenev and Zinoviev

Question 29

Which sailors helped the Bolsheviks during the October Revolution?

Answer 29

Kronstadt sailors

Question 30

What group did Trotsky create within the Soviet to cover his planning of the Revolution?

Answer 30

Military Revolutionary Committee