What is the Dual Authority Flashcards
what was the dual authority?
the dual authority describes the system of shared power between two competing bodies in Russia
what were the two bodies?
the Provisional Government and the Petrograd Soviet
what was the provisional government?
it was a temporary government formed by the old members of the duma
what was the Petrograd Soviet ?
a council of workers and soldiers representing the revoloutionary masses
what was the arrangement meant to do?
it was meant to fill the power vacuum created by the collapse of the monarchy but it was still unstable and soon confronted with the same problems that destroyed tsarism.
what still plagued the cities even after the dual authority was created?
food and coal shortages
Who was the provisional governments first prime minister?
prince George Lvov who was a minor royal and wealthy landowner
