How did the Weaknesses of the Provisional Government help the Bolsheviks gain Power?
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- How did the weaknesses and failures of the Provisional Government help the Bolsheviks gain power?
- War
- At first, the PG wanted to continue the war to get help from their Western allies for their struggling Democracy and for territorial gains.
- However, this was an unpopular opinion as people were tired of the economic impact and the solders wanted to come home.
- Foreign minister Milyukov wanted to fight until the war was won and make territorial gains in the black sea.
- Against Petrograd Soviet's 'revolutionary defencism'.
- However, the Bolsheviks wanted to end the war and pull Russia out as they didn't believe in workers fighting against workers for the establishment to benefit.
- Gained support of soldiers on the front line.
- Controversy came when the statement that was supposed to go to the Allies to tell them of Russia's decision to only fight a defensive war arrived alongside a note from Milyukov.
- The note stated his distance from 'revolutionary defencism', saying Russia would fight until the war was done.
- The Milyukov note was published in a Russian newspaper a few days later.
- Petrograd Soviet supproters were in uproar, clashing with Milyukov supporters, resulting in some deaths.
- Made the PG ministers look untrustworthy, hence less people supported them.
- The Milyukov note was published in a Russian newspaper a few days later.
- The note stated his distance from 'revolutionary defencism', saying Russia would fight until the war was done.
- At first, the PG wanted to continue the war to get help from their Western allies for their struggling Democracy and for territorial gains.
- Legitimacy
- The PG was an unelected body functioning as the government after the war.
- In comparison, the Petrograd Soviet, dominated by Bolsheviks, was elected by workers.
- This made the PG seem to be not embodying the revolutionary values as they wanted democracy.
- Economy
- War time inflation was a huge problem.
- Although worker's wages were raised 3 fold after the Febuary revolution, this was nulled out after the inflation got worse.
- Peasants/ workers began to look to Lenin's policies of land reform as more favorable to help them through the hard times.
- PG wanted to wait until after the war to begin land reform.
- War time inflation was a huge problem.
- Kornilov
- The Kornilov Affair was a huge blow to the reputation of the PG.
- Kornilov ordering troops under Krymov's detatchment to go to the captial showed a lack of control on behalf of the PG.
- People began to question if the PG was strong enough to protect the revolution.
- Kornilov ordering troops under Krymov's detatchment to go to the captial showed a lack of control on behalf of the PG.
- The Kornilov Affair was a huge blow to the reputation of the PG.
- Kerensky
- Although popular at first, Kerensky began to lose popularity after the Kornilov Affair.
- He became unpopluar on both sides of the debate:
- The supporters of Kornilov were angry that Kerensky had fired him.
- Socialists/the left were angry that Kerensky had even considered Kornilov's demands.
- Pople began to distrust his aims and question his capability.
- He became unpopluar on both sides of the debate:
- He struggled to put together a government that would work together at first.
- Unstable from the start.
- Lenin and Trotsky were more skilled, resourceful and ruthless than the vain and politically deficient Kerensky.
- Although popular at first, Kerensky began to lose popularity after the Kornilov Affair.
- War
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