The Dual Authority (March to October 1917) Flashcards
Who was Prime Minister of Prov. Gov.?
Prince Georgi Lvov
Who was the Minister of War in Prov. Gov.?
Alexander Guchkov
Who was the Foreign Minister for the Prov. Gov.?
Pavel Miliukov
Who was the Minister of Justice for Prov. Gov.?
Alexander Kerensky
List 5 changes that the Prov. Gov. introduced that support Lenin’s view that Russia at the time was the ‘freest country in he world.’
- Full and immediate amnesty for all political and religious cases, including terrorist attacks, military uprisings, and agrarian offences
- Freedom of speech, unions, press, assembly and strikes.
- Abolition of all class, religious and national restrictions
- Universal suffrage
- Abolition of restrictions on soldiers’ enjoyment
Fill the blanks:
‘The ____ had power without authority; the _____, authority without power’
Explain what this means.
- Soviets
- Provisional Government
This means that Soviets had popular support an power over the population while the Provisional government ruled, but was unable to enact any real change without it being ‘permitted by the Soviets’
Where was Lenin at the time of the February Revolution?
Zurich, Switzerland
How did Lenin return to Russia?
His comrades in the Swiss socialist movement had shady connections with the German government. An agreement was made that Lenin and 31 other Bolsheviks would be able to travel through Germany via a sealed carriage without needing passport checks and travel documents.
When did Lenin deliver his April Thesis?
4 April 1917
Outline 3 or more idea expressed in the April Thesis.
- Disapproval with the Prov. Gov. commitment to the ‘predatory imperialist war’
- The Bolsheviks would offer ‘no support for the Prov. Gov.; the utter falsity of all its promises should be made clear’.
-Revolutionary Defencism was flawed
Quote 1 or more perspectives that highlight the negative reactions to Lenin’s ideas.
“This is the ravings of a madman! It’s indecent to applaud this rubbish!’ -Alexander Bogdanov
Note the slogans that Lenin developed.
- ‘Peace, Bread, Land!’
- ‘Turn this imperialist war into a civil war!’
- ‘All power to the Soviets’
According to Tsereteli’s policy of Revolutionary Defencism, Russia will continue the war so long as the aims of the conflict did not include ‘____’ and ‘_____’.
Annexations and indemnities
When did the Soviets make its ‘Appeal to the Peoples of the World’?
14 March 1917
How did Miliukov’s Note appear to contradict the Prov. Gov. ‘s Declaration of War Aims?
While the ‘Appeal to the people’s of the World’ denounced war and and ‘acquisitionist ambitions’, Miliukov’s note declared Russia’s right to Constantinople and the Dardanelles.
On what day did the April Crisis protests begin and approx. how many people were protesting?
20 April 1917
25,000
What were the main demands of the April Crisis protests?
- ‘Down with Miliukov and Guchkov’
- ‘Down with the Imperialist war!’
- The desire for the Soviets to take power
How did the Soviet executive committee diffuse the April Crisis?
They issued a 3 day ban on demonstrations