Weaknesses / failures of the PG Flashcards
What was the major issue for the PG?
Real power was held by the soviet.
It was a temporary body.
What divisions were in the PG?
Divisions between the liberals and socialists.
Lack of clear policies as the two groups backed each other.
What were the three main mistakes by Kerensky?
Decided to launch a June Offensive. Kornilov Affair left him discredited. Underestimated the Bolsheviks.
What did the Kornilov Affair mean for Kerensky?
Officers would not fight for him or the PG because they felt he had betrayed Kornilov and might betray them.
What did Kerensky’s underestimation of the Bolsheviks mean?
Gave them an excuse to seize power
Increase their popularity.
Allowed them to claim they were seizing power in the name of the Soviet.
What were the three main policies of the PG?
Continued the war, which created a huge amount of opposition. They may had survived if they had made peace with Germany.
Failure to legitimise the peasant takeover of land, meant that they became unwilling to supply food to cities.
Lost the support of national minorities and refused to give them a degree of autonomy.
What did the PG fail to do?
Failed to call a Constituent Assembly early enough.
