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Provisional Government Flashcards

1
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What was the first act of the Petrograd Soviet?

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Order number one

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2
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Who led the provisional government?

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Prince Lvov

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3
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Who did the bolsheviks originally belong to?

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Social Democrats

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4
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Who marched into St Petersburg in 1917?

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Lavr Kornilov

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5
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Who formed the red army?

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Leon Trotsky

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6
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Soviet newspaper

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Izvestia

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7
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Where was the government?

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The Tauride palace

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8
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Why was Order number one so important?

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Could order red guard to do what they want, don’t have to follow orders of prov govt, soldiers shouldn’t hand weapons to officers and soldiers can’t be disrespected by higher ranks

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9
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What roles did Alexander Kerensky hold?

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Initially justice minister, then minister of war from may 1917, then prime minister after July 1917

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10
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Why did Pavel Milyukov Alexander Guchkov resign, and what positions did they hold?

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Documents had been leaked showing that Russia was making plans with Britain and France to continue an offensive war, which the Petrograd Soviet disagreed with. Milyukov was Foreign minister, Guchkov was minister of war

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11
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What did the failure of the Kerensky offensive lead to?

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The July days

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12
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What consequence did the war have on elections?

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Had to keep postponing elections - lead to suspicions that it was dragging its feet, eventually settled on Nov 1917, but overthrown in October

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13
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What problems did the war have with peasants?

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Couldn’t redistribute land as feared peasants would leave front line to claim land, peasants felt betrayed and unofficially started redistributing land between themselves.

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14
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What problems did war bring with workers?

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Expected better pay and conditions (8 hr day introduced, legalised trade unions) but shortages by war led to industrial disruption, employers became more militant, workers had more strikes and became more radical

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15
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What led to closing of factories?

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Shortages of fuel and raw materials

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16
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Between February and July in Petrograd, how many factories had to close, and in turn, how many jobs were lost?

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568 factories - 100k jobs

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17
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What problems were there with the harvest?

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Poor harvest, so PG sent in punishment brigades to try improve harvest- made it worse

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18
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When were the July days?

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3rd - 5th July 1917

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19
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Who was seized by protestors in the July days?

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Viktor Chernov was seized when trying to qualm protestors outside Tauride Palace, Trotsky saved him

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20
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What change was made to the provisional government as a result of the July days?

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Kerensky replaced Prince Lvov as PM

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21
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Why did the PS disagree with continuing the war offensively?

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It was very imperialistic in nature

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22
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How did peasant uprisings change from march 1917 to april?

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49 to 378

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23
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How did peasant uprisings change from April to May?

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378 to 678

24
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How did peasant uprisings change from may to june?

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678 to 988

25
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How did peasant uprisings change from june to july?

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From 988 to 957

26
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How did peasant uprisings change from july to august?

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957 to 760

27
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How did peasant uprisings change from august to september?

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760 to 803

28
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How did peasant uprisings change from September to October?

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803 to 1169

29
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What were different reactions to the peasants?

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Liberals condemned peasants as promoting disorder, SRs supported demands of peasants but as in govt couldn’t support lawlessness, bolshevik and left SR agitators urged peasants to redistribute land themselves in summer, bolshevik agitators kept front line soldiers informed about unrest in country

30
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How did Lenin phrase peasants going home to claim land?

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Voting with their feet

31
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What happened to supply trains going into the city?

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Stopped and looted in the suburbs

32
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What happened to inflation and wages between February and June?

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Inflation rose 112%, which was twice the rate of wage increases

33
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How did the price of black bread rise from August 1914 to August 1917?

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500%

34
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How did the price of pork increase from August 1914 to August 1917?

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770%

35
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How did the price of butter increase from August 1914 to August 1917?

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557%

36
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How did the price of eggs increase from August 1914 to August 1917?

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443%

37
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How had inflation from Jan to June 1917 increased in comparison to other times?

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76%, 397.87%, 510%, 602%

38
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How had inflation from July to Dec 1917 changed in comparison to other times?

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66.95%, 194%, 731%, 919%, 1,072%

39
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Who was the Menshevik minister for labour and what did he do to anger workers?

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Matvey Skobelev - proposed increasing employer’s freedom to hire and fire at will

40
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What happened between Ukraine and the PG?

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Asked for independence, PG not interested, Rada declared independence, PG couldn’t do anything

41
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What happened in Turkestan?

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Overthrew govt representatives in sept 1917

42
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What did Lenin call for in his April Theses?

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Give no support to PG, abolish police, army and the bureaucracy, nationalise land and industry, call for 2nd stage of revolution - give power to the proletariat and poor strata of peasantry

43
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What did the Bolshevik central committee do with the Theses?

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They rejected it 13 to 2 (8th April)

44
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How many delegates did the bolsheviks have at the All-Russian Congress of Soviets in May 1917?

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105 out of the 1000 present

45
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Why was the July days a disaster for the Bolsheviks?

A

Kerensky claimed they authorised the insurrection, most of the leadership arrested and Lenin fled

46
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How had membership grown from the end of summer to october?

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From 170K to 250K

47
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When did the Bolsheviks gain a majority in the PS?

A

31 August

48
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Which soviet fell into Bolshevik control in September?

A

Moscow soviet (6th Sept)

49
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Who opposed Lenin’s calls to overthrow PG in september?

A

Lev Kamenev and Grigory Zinoviev, Trotsky said it should be delayed to the RACS on 25th, Kamenev and Zinoviev left party - published letter warning of armed uprising - eventually persuaded to agree with principal of taking power

50
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By what share did the bolsheviks hold from the Moscow municipal elections?

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51% - 198,000 votes

51
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What were the average working hours in 1917?

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8 hours a day

52
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Why was Lavr Kornilov a popular general?

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He had advanced the furthest out of any general in Kerensky offensive, good general in Brusilov offensive

53
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Which battle was Lavr Kornilov captured in, and then what happened to him?

A

Battle of Przemyśl, he escaped

54
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What happened to the police when PG came into power?

A

They were disbanded, policing was done by local militia

55
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When was the Kornilov affair?

A

August

56
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What did Kornilov want?

A

Reintroduction of the death penalty, military control of resources and supplies, removal of political agitators and soldiers from councils, removal of Bolsheviks, continue war and constituent assembly

57
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How did the communists help Kerensky in the Kornilov affair?

A

Kerensky released Bolsheviks arrested from July days and gave them back their weapons, Soviets blocked access to railways and telegraph routes when Kornilov marched on Petrograd

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