provisional government
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- Created on: 25-03-15 18:39
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- provisional government
- 1917 Russia became a republic and the provisional government was used temporarily
- problems
- legitimacy - members of the state duma had formed a provisional committee to demand reforms from the tsar
- prov gov- octobrists and kadets (minority groups)
- rivals from the feb rev soviets, soldiers, sailors
- claimed the right to issue laws for russia
- prov. gov shared political power with soviet
- Kerensky was head of the prov. gov in 1917
- very open and liberal, soviet = very left wing (social revs and democrats)
- soviets had very effective control of the army
- war
- lost territory in Poland and russia
- millions killed, wounded and held prisoner
- morale was low and the rev was welcomed by Russia's wartime allies as they hoped fighting against Germany would improve as the Tsar had been an obstacle
- economy deteriorated and there were supply problems
- morale did improve but it didn't last long
- conflict with soviets who only wanted war to prevent and defend against Germany not to gain land or money
- demonstrations against the war started
- "june offensive" - Austria hungary - broke down and Russia deserted it. - army collapsed
- "july days" Petrograd riots
- authority of prov,. gov. was undermined
- new gov formed under kerensky
- countryside
- collapse of administration
- peasants took over lad from large landowners (violence)
- soldiers returned to help with illegal attacks on property
- redistributed land
- gov. lacked the ability to impose its authority outside town
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