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Provisional government (section 2) Flashcards

1
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How long did the PG last?

A

8 months

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2
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Who led the PG at first?

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Prince Lvov

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3
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What was a criticism of the pg?

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It wasn’t an electedvbody

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4
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Why was its authority limited?

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Due to its unofficial partnership with the soviet

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5
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What did it first want to act as?

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A supervisory who made sure workers and soldiers rights were listened to

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6
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Where were soviets set up?

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In all major towns

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7
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Who were the majority in the soviets?

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Mensheviks and SRs

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8
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What was this shared power known as?

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Dual authority

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9
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What did soviet order number 1 declare?

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That in military matters the orders of the pg were only to be obeyed if it didn’t contradict soviet orders

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10
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What did dual authority contain a broad balance of?

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Political representation

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11
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What did events push the pg and soviet to?

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Pg- right
Soviets-left

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12
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How long did they make industrial days for workers?

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8 hours

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13
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What did they legally recognise?

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Trade unions

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14
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What were the tsarist police replaced with?

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People’s militia

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15
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What rights were granted?

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Civil rights and freedoms

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16
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What did they prepare for?

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The election of a constituent assembly

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17
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What did the pg early achievements fail to include

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Issues on war and land

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18
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Who were the first of the Bolsheviks to return?

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Stalin and Kamenev

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19
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What did Lenin’s ‘letters from afar’ urge?

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Not to work with pg or any other parties

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20
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What did Lenin demand the war turn into?

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A class war where soldiers should turn their weapons against their own officers

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21
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What did the Bolsheviks do despite Lenin’s urging?

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Cooperated with the pg and other parties

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22
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How did Lenin return ?

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In a sealed train organised by the German government

23
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Why did Germany give financial support to Lenin?

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In hopes that they would seize power and pull Russia out of the war

24
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What were the April theses?

A

A series of statements set out by Lenin upon his return

25
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What did he demand the Bolsheviks to abandon

A

Cooperation with other parties

26
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Who did he want to transfer power to?

A

Workers

27
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Who did he demand the power be passed to

A

Soviets

28
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What did Lenin perceive the Soviets as

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A power base on which a Bolshevik takeover could be organised

29
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What was Lenin’s main slogan?

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Peace, bread and land

30
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What did his slogan deal with?

A

The issues that the pg couldn’t resolve

31
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Why did Russia feel like they had to continue in war?

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Because they were dependent on foreign loans

32
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What did keeping Russia in the war mean for the pg?

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It meant that it severely tainted their chance at survival

33
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What did the ministerial crisis demonstrate?

A

The division between the pg and the Soviets

34
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What did the Soviets call for?

A

Peace without indemnities

35
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What did the foreign minister call for

A

Pledged that they would keep fighting

36
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What was kerenskys role

A

Foreign minister after resignation of milyukov

37
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What did kerensky think of the war?

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That it was a crusade and they needed to defeat Germany to save the revolution

38
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What kind of position was Russia in?

A

An impossible one, where their fortune could not be turned around in war

39
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What could the pg not claim?

A

The loyalty of the Russian people

40
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What would the pg be judged on?

A

How well it dealt with issues

41
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What gave the soviet great prominence?

A

The pg was unsure in its own authority

42
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Why was there excitement across Russia when the pg emerged?

A

Political groups felt that real freedom had been achieved and people felt it was a new era

43
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Why was there a willingness to maintain state authority?

A

So that the new liberty woukdnt slip into anarchy

44
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Who began the process of destruction of the pg

A

Lenin

45
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What did kamenev and Stalin believe the best policy for war was?

A

International negotiation

46
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What was accommodationism?

A

The idea of cooperating with other parties and the government

47
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Why did Lenin argue that the main issues couldn’t be dealt with in Russia?

A

The pg was focused only on the own interests of their class

48
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Why did Lenin argue that they didn’t want to supply food or reform?

A

Be sued it guaranteed their property rights and privilege

49
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Why did foreign bankers visit Russia after the tsars abdication?

A

To ensure that the new regime would continue the war

50
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What caused loss of support for the government?

A

The army weren’t successful

51
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What did Kerensky appeal for in his speeches on the front line?

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For the soldiers to lay down their lives for Russia

52
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What happened with the offensive on the south-western line?

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They failed badly with Austria inflicting heavy losses

53
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What did general kornilov call for?

A

The pg to halt offences and focus on the political subversives at home

54
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When did Kerensky become prime minister

A

8 July

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