Provisional Government

Question 1

February revolution

Answer 1

1917

Question 2

Soviet order No. 1

Answer 2

1st March 1917

Question 3

Lenins return

Answer 3

April 1917

Question 4

Kerensky offensive

Answer 4

June 1917

Question 5

July days

Answer 5

July 1917

Question 6

Kornilov affair

Answer 6

26th August - 1st September 1917

Question 7

Bolsheviks take control of Petrograd and Moscow soviets

Answer 7

September 1917

Question 8

Kerensky closed Pravda and Izvestiya

Answer 8

23rd October 1917

Question 9

Bolsheviks seize power

Answer 9

24th - 27th October

Question 10

What was soviet order no.1?

Answer 10

Reinforces the Soviet
P.G decrees over military only binding with Soviets approval
Soviet now controls the armies

Question 11

What did Lenins April Thesis demand?

Answer 11

All power pass to the soviets

Question 12

What was the Kerensky offensive?

Answer 12

Aim for a decisive victory to improve morale

FAILURE

Question 13

What were the July Days?

Answer 13

Anger over Land and Ukraine question
Large Scale street demonstrations
Bolsheviks crushed

Question 14

What was the Kornilov affair?

Answer 14

Konilov marched his troops on Petrograd
Bolsheviks armed and released
Bolsheviks seen as saviours
P.G weak

Question 15

P.G manifesto

Answer 15

March 3rd 1917

Question 16

What groups formed the p.g?

Answer 16

Fourth Duma and Petrograd soviet

Question 17

Who led the prov gov?

Answer 17

Prince Lviv

Question 18

What was soviet order no.1?

Answer 18

Prov gov could only decree military affairs if approved by the soviet

Question 19

Example if early reform by prov. gov

Answer 19

Amnesty for political prisoners

Question 20

What did Lenin draw up on return from exile?

Answer 20

April Thesis

Question 21

Bolshevik slogans

Answer 21

‘Peace, bread, land’

‘All power to the soviets’

Question 22

What was the kerensky offensive?

Answer 22

Planned victory to boost moral

Question 23

Was the keresnky offensive a success?

Answer 23

No

Soldiers mutinies and loss of enthusiasm for war

Question 24

Example of mutiny during Kerensky offensive

Answer 24

Finland

Question 25

Cause of July days?

Answer 25

Kadet minister refused to discuss the land q until the constituent Assembly

Question 26

Were the July days a success?

Answer 26

No Confused and disorderly Bolsheviks disbanded

Question 27

When was the Kornilov affair?

Answer 27

August

Question 28

What was the result of the Kornilov affair?

Answer 28

No support among soldiers for prov gov Bolsheviks seen as heroes Keresnky seen as a weak leader

Question 29

How much did Bolshevik support grow by after the Kornilov affair?

Answer 29

From 100000 to 300000

Question 30

How did Kerensky strengthen Bolshevik power?

Answer 30

Involving them in the Kornilov affair

Question 31

What did the soviet say about ending war?

Answer 31

‘Peace without annexations or indemnities’

Question 32

How did the prov gov cause their own downfall?

Answer 32

Championed free speech etc. Allowing groups like the bolsheviks

Question 33

What was the Kornilov affair?

Answer 33

Kornilov marched to Petrograd to close down the soviet - warned and ran away

Question 34

restrictions on P.Gs ability to introduce liberal democracy

Answer 34

mainly representative of only upper class and Russian middle class Dual authority Russia had no history of democracy or liberalism they lacked any real legitimacy

Question 35

Political manifesto outline

Answer 35

amnesty in all cases of political or religious nature freedom of speech and press abolition of restrictions based on class, religion or nationality calling of a Constituent Assembly

Question 36

Outline Stolypins reforms

Answer 36

All state and crown lands made available to peasant land bank Peasants allowed to leave Mir without consent Peasants who left the Mir could have their land together rather than strips Redistribution of land

Question 37

Education under Nicholas ii

Answer 37

Primary schools almost doubled between 1905-1914

Question 38

Why was Stolypin disliked

Answer 38

Reforms only benefitted the rich | Millions of poor died

Question 39

Russian army losses

Answer 39

50% by end of 1916

Question 40

Failure of Kerensky offensive

Answer 40

400000men died aha others mutinies

Question 41

How many Bolsheviks were imprisoned after the July Days?

Answer 41

800

Question 42

How many Bolsheviks were left on Petrograd by October?

Answer 42

Only 10000 | But one third was in Petrograd

Question 43

Examples of nationalities own govs under p.g

Answer 43

Rada in Ukraine which wanted autonomy | Sejm in Finland which was free from foreign influence

Question 44

What Nationality helped provoke July days?

Answer 44

Ukraine Kadet minister resigned after they heard that th P.G had offered independence to the Ukraine protested that only the C.A could decide that

Question 45

P.G always doomed

Answer 45

``` Dual Authority Rise in Working Class Kornilov affair Land q freedom of speech ```

Question 46

P.G fell due to war

Answer 46

``` military failures kerensy offensive shell crisis attrition warfare inflation ```

Question 47

P.G and Ukraine

Answer 47

Peoples republic declared in Kiev | Land q. disturbances

Question 48

Nationalities worry during P.G

Answer 48

Confusion over whats happening - worry P.G is losing Empire