key topic 3 small condensed notesfon

‘dual power’ under

strain

provision goverment oversaw by the

petrograd soviet

petrograd soviet made up of

industrial workers mensheviks etc

what was kerenksy

petrograd lawyer in 1914

kerensky elected to the duma as Trudovik in

1912

kerensky only minister in the

petrograd soviet and the provisional gov

power problem of the provisional government from tsarism

• inflation

• petrograd soviet challenged the authority

provision government difficult to show authority

no disciplined police force for implementing laws

what overtook police

local militas

zemstva’s problem

upper class and no democratic mandate

what happened on the events on the 28th of feb 1917 -

troops to leave streets

soilders no accept

order number one

solidiers turned to

and turned to the provisional government

what did order number one state

garrsion was suboridate ot the soviet and provisional gov only had to obey if it didnt conflict w soviets

when was reform package brought in

spring 1917

reform package lenin called the

‘freest country in the world’

freedoms eg

amnesty for political prisioners

euqal rights for all citizens

freedom of speech and assembly

who didnt war war

mensheviks and socialists

dispute between both bodies

on the end of the war

milyukov crisis when

April 1917

milyukov crisis

• said russia fight into the end of the war

why

milyukov crisis solved

resigned

who also resigned with milyukov

guchkov

milyukov crisis resignations -

no middle class leaders of liberalism

when was the provision government reshaped

april1917

restructued of govermnent did not

bring stability

when did lenin return to petrograd

april 1917

lenin

in opposition to the menchsviks and socialists

negotitations betwen duma and socialists when

feb and march 1917

negotitations betwen duma and socialists - avoided what topic

war

petrograd soviet - war aim

end it quickly with an agreement

petrograd soviet published

‘an appeal to all the people’s of the world’

‘an appeal to all the people’s of the world’ seen as

revolutionary defencism

tsereteli didnt want

no wanted imperalist and capitalist war

har for the workers and peasantry

tsertile didnt want the defeated war problems eg.

loss of land

reperations

revolutionary defencism pledges

• general peace settlement

• no territorial agins

• defend territory under agreement

petrograd soviet released a campaign to get provisonal gov to support

revolutionary defencism

milykov - terriotrial gain

eyes on the black sea and mediteran for

milyukov - problem with his want for territory

went against revolutionary defencism

feb revolution - lenin in

swizerland

who helped lenin get back

germany on sealed train

when did lenin come back to petrograd

april 1917

what did lenin write on his way home

letters from afar

letters from afar

bourgeoise and capitalist reovolution

who was a senior bolshevik colleague of lenin

kamenev

lenins first task when home

win support in bolshevik party

membership of bol

25,00 - feb

75,00 - april

lenin’s next task

release april thesis to appeal to more

april thesis

left wing policies

april thesis contained

issue on peace land and reform

provisionak government endorsed the

june offensive

june offensive

russian army attacked german and austria on eastern front

june offensive problem

• desertion

• war weary and

• moral low

how many deserted feb - june 1917

100,000

november 1916 -

france russia and britain agreed on coordinated attack on central power

provisional government saw offensive

as way of getting peace back on track

june 1917 who was war minister

kerensky

kerensky pro or anti war

pro war

outcome of the june offensive. german forces deeper in russian terrirtory

150 mils deeper

outcome of the june offensive rev defecism

destroyed

First Machine Gun Regiment - how many men

10,000

First Machine Gun Regiment - how many guns

1,000

june 1917 - guns

500 guns to battlefront to support june offensive

First Machine Gun Regiment -

soliders refused and right to remain in the capital help of petro garrsion

activists were intent on exploiting

the Machine Gun Regiment's mutiny for their own purposes

july days - 3rd of july 917

soldiers and workers took to the streets calling for power to be transferred to the soviets

july days - how many sailors from Kronstadt?

20,000

sailors from Kronstadt killed

commander

lenin calls for peace why-

bolshveiks would not able to hold power

july days - kerensky what did he do

Loyal troops were rushed  to the capital

ocuments purporting  to prove 

Lenin was a German spy 

outcome of the july days - how many bolsheviks were arrested

800

warrent for lenin arrest army units disbanded

did keresnky survived the brutilov offensive

yes

kerensky rep damaged

perosnal life stories

kerensky failrues of polciy unable to tackle

inflation or land policy

late summer of 1917 - germany armies only

300 miles away

when did lvov resign

7th july

what was prince lvov post

prime minister

prince lvov who was the successor

kerensky

how did kerensky remain

• bolsheviks = probelm

• german spires

kerensky new government

liberalist and socialist coaltion

when did kadets move further right

summer 1917

what did kaderts want government

willing for army dicipline

SR SPLIT for

rev defecism and dual powerhow m

how much of the party now left srs

40%

leader ofthe sr

chernov

mensheviks also

split

whaty was the oppoiste for tserestile

menshvik internationailists

martov leader of

Menshevik  Internationalists

Martov won the support 

of around one-third  of Menshevik activists

government talks break down - kerensky gov what done

• kerensky resigns

• kadets no want sr chernov SR threatning to walk out unless martov part of government

2nd gov under kerensky

government was formed, consisting of nine socialists (four SRs, three Mensheviks  and two Trudoviks), three Kadets and four others. The socialists included Chernov, but no  Tsereteli, 

what increased rapidly in 1917

trade union membership and emergence of factory committees.

did worker take advatage of new industry and labour - and example

yes and In Petrograd and elsewhere, they first used  their new-found strength  to get rid of unpopular foremen and managers, often carting them out of factories in wheelbarrows. 

workers able to address greivances

• 8 hour day

• pay

how was this not controlled

no tsarist army or police force

In Petrograd, workers' wages

doubled or even trebled in early 1917

benefits of wage increases, however

inflation

they met employers in a more determined mood. Businessmen complained

higher wage costs and falling productivity unable to run factoriess

social polarisation causes

inflation

unproductivity

unemployment