Russia February 1917

Quick quiz on first steps taken after abdication of Tsar

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How long had the Romonov family ruled Russia?
300 years
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Which previously loyal warrior group abandoned the Tsar in Feb. 1917?
Cossacks
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Who was the Prime Minister of the Provisional government?
Prince Lvov
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How does the hsitorian Christopher Read refer to the first few weeks of the Provisional government?
A nationwide honeymoon
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Why was Kerensky so such an important minister?
He was a member of both the Soviet and the Provisional government
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Which political party dominated the Petrograd Soviet?
Mensheviks
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What was Order No 1?
It allowed the soldiers to be represented by the Petrograd soviet and gave their committees control of their weapons.Soldiers would only obey the P.G. of Soviet agreed.
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Why did the Petrograd Soviet not take power after Feb. 1917?
It was the wrong time for the workers to form a government.Mensheviks and SR's believed workers had to undergo a 'bourgeois revolution' first.They were also inexperienced.
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How did the middle-classes and socialist intellectuals respond to the events of Feb. 1917?
Terrified at the amount of violence on the streets
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List some of the first measures that the Provisional government passed
Arrested Tsarist ministers, disbanded secret police, freedom of speech and press and arranged for elections for C.A.
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Which previously loyal warrior group abandoned the Tsar in Feb. 1917?

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Cossacks

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How does the hsitorian Christopher Read refer to the first few weeks of the Provisional government?

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Why was Kerensky so such an important minister?

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