The Dual Authority after the February Revolution and The return of Lenin

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Created on: 06-11-22 15:34

Who was the dual authority shared between?

The Provisional Government and the Petrograd Soviet

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Give 2 weaknesses of the PG?

They only represented 12.5% of society, the wealthy aristocrats, they were only a temporary government

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Give a strength of the Petrograd Soviet?

They had previously worked in government, they had experience

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Give 3 strengths of the Petrograd Soviet

Elected, represented the working class who made up most of society, wanted civi liberties and democracy which was popular

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Give 3 weaknesses of the Petrograd Soviet

3000 members was choatic, made no attempts t redistribute land, no experience

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The Dual Authority achieved some good things. What were these?

Abolition of death penalty and abolition of discrimination based on religion, class or nationality

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What were weaknesses of the Dual Authority?

They had different political views which wasn't constructive, they had little control outside of Petrograd, they were encouraged to rebel against PG by the Petrograd Soviet.

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Lenin returned after being politically exiled. What were some of his ideas in his April Thesis?

No support for the PG, bring war to end, all power to soviets 'place power in the proletariat', redistribute land to the peasants, 'peace, land and bread', 'all power to the soviets'.

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Give 3 reasons why people disliked his ideologies

They thought he was radical, he was doing this in pay of Germans and he was unrealistic in his plans to stop the PG, Bolsheviks still a minority

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Give 3 ways in which Lenin was able to win people over

He claimed credits for the end of the war, threatened resignation, persuading speeches, wore a workers cap to come across as proletarian, abandoned his call for PG to end

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They only represented 12.5% of society, the wealthy aristocrats, they were only a temporary government

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The Dual Authority after the February Revolution and The return of Lenin