The Provisional Government

Question 1

When did the Provisional Government abolish the death penalty?

Answer 1

12th March 1917

Question 2

When did Lenin return to Russia and delivers his April Theses/

Answer 2

3rd April 1917

Question 3

When did Kerensky launch the Summer Offensive?

Answer 3

18th june 1917

Question 4

How many casulties in the Summer Offensive?

Answer 4

400,000

Question 5

When were the July days?

Answer 5

4th July-7th July 1917

Question 6

What were the July Days

Answer 6

A spontaeous revolt from the workers and soldiers in Petrograd demanding the takeover of the Soviets or the Bolsheviks, both refuse and the government crushes the revolution.

Question 7

When did the Provisional Government reinstates the death penalty under pressure from the generals for deserting or muntinying soldiers?

Answer 7

12th July 1917

Question 8

When was the Kornilov Affair?

Answer 8

25th August 1917

Question 9

What was the Kornilov Affair?

Answer 9

General Kornilov decided to march on Petrograd and free the country from radical socialists.

Question 10

When were the Bolsheviks released from prison by the Provisional Government?

Answer 10

30th August 1917

Question 11

Why were the Bolsheviks freed from prison by the Provisional Government?

Answer 11

So they could help defend Petrograd incase Kornilov attacked.

Question 12

When was Trotsky elected as Chairman of the Pertrograd Soviet?

Answer 12

25th September 1917

Question 13

When did the October Revolution begin?

Answer 13

10th October 1917

Question 14

When did the Bolsheviks storm the winter palace and seize power?

Answer 14

25th October 1917

Question 15

What was Dual Authority?

Answer 15

The Provisional Government and Petrograd Soviet working together.

Question 16

What was Soviet Order Number 1?

Answer 16

The Provisional Government had to ask permission form the Petrograd Soviet to use the Petrograd Garrison.

Question 17

Who was Alexander Kerensky?

Answer 17

A member of the Duma (1912-1917)

He became Prime Minister of the Provisional Government and also the deputy chairman of the Pertrograd Soviet.

Question 18

What are the negatives of the Provisional Government?

Answer 18

They did not have full control as they were not elected in
They kept Russia in the war
Soviet Order Number One
Lack of unity

Question 19

How did WW1 effect the Provisional Government?

Answer 19

Kerensky was unwilling to end the war
Increase in deserters
By Autumn 1917 2 million had unoffcially left the army and used their weapons to sieze land from the nobility

Question 20

What internal problems did the Provisional Government face?

Answer 20

Danger from extremists
The Provisional Government inherited ‘not a state but its ruins’ and it alternated between ineffective reforms and repressive measures
They had abolished the death penalty but General Kornilov wanted to bring it back for deserters and muntinying
Inflation
Food shortages
Made up of too many political groups that couldnt agree on things.