The Provisional Government vs The Petrograd Soviets
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- Created on: 28-10-18 11:48
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- The Provisional Government vs The Petrograd Soviets
- The Provisional Government
- Key People
- Prince Lvov (wealthy aristocrat)
- Milyuvcov (became foreign minister)
- Kerensky (member of both government and soviets)
- represented a cross-section of the influential elites and comprised of those who had favoured constitutional monarchy (Kadets)
- Meant to be temporary, but was eventually accepted as ligitimate
- was accepted, although unelected
- couldn't do anything without Soviets knowing
- gave freedom of religion and the press
- they were chosen from the DUMA
- Role: to run the country until Constituent Assembly had been elected
- The Kadets were dominant liberal force
- Policy
- wanted to continue war
- Didn't want old empire broken up
- Wanted to delay elections
- Weren't united with each other
- Wanted land to be sorted out by elected constituent assembly
- Key People
- The Petrograd Soviets
- Composed of...
- Radical Socialist intellectuals
- Mensheviks
- Social Revolutionaries
- Small amount of Bolshevisk
- Elected members from workers e.g. factories and military
- Key People..
- Kerensky
- Chkheidze - 1st chairman. leading Menshevik
- Formed Monday 27th February 1917
- focused on workers and soldiers and protecting them
- Role: to protect the interests of the working class and soldiers
- Policy
- prepared to co-operate with provisional government
- wanted to accede to the national aspirations of the non-Russian people
- Working together
- Talks Bolsheviks and Mensheviks would reunite.
- Wanted to fight defensive war only to prevent defeat by Germans
- Wanted to leave land to the Constituent assemblt
- Wanted to redistibute land, but were prepared to wait until assembly met.
- Composed of...
- The Provisional Government
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