Weaknesses of the PG was more important than Bolshevik strength for the OR?

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	Weaknesses of the PG was more important than Bolshevik strength for the OR?
	Advantages Saw itself as a temporary body- held office but never power Lost national minority support Continuation of war Divisions amongst socialists and liberal Duma deputies- lack of clear policies Did little regarding the deterioration of the economy Failed to address the concerns of the public Did not support the peasant's land takeover Kornilov affair discredited Kerensky Underestimated the Bolsheviks Figes- June offensive 'a fatal blow' Lacked the ruthlessness that the desperate situation required Weakened by the Soviets- dual- authority	Disadvantages Real power was held by the soviet by February 1917 Role of Lenin was crucial Greatest number of supporters around Petrograd and Moscow Majority of Petrograd soldiers remained neutral and refused to oppose Bolsheviks Order Number 1 Only party to oppose continuing war Adopted the land policy of the SRs Radical policies were in tune with the worker's and soldier's aspirations Manipulated the Kornilov affair to present themselves as defenders of the city April theses Gained a majority in the Soviet from September
	Evaluation The Provisional Government was unfit to lead Russia, thus meaning a revolution was inevitable. The organisation and determination of the Bolsheviks however led to an increased rate at which Kerensky's government deteriorated

Weaknesses of the PG was more important than Bolshevik strength for the OR?

Advantages

Saw itself as a temporary body- held office but never power
Lost national minority support
Continuation of war
Divisions amongst socialists and liberal Duma deputies- lack of clear policies
Did little regarding the deterioration of the economy
Failed to address the concerns of the public
Did not support the peasant's land takeover
Kornilov affair discredited Kerensky
Underestimated the Bolsheviks
Figes- June offensive 'a fatal blow'
Lacked the ruthlessness that the desperate situation required
Weakened by the Soviets- dual- authority

Disadvantages

Real power was held by the soviet by February 1917
Role of Lenin was crucial
Greatest number of supporters around Petrograd and Moscow
Majority of Petrograd soldiers remained neutral and refused to oppose Bolsheviks
Order Number 1
Only party to oppose continuing war
Adopted the land policy of the SRs
Radical policies were in tune with the worker's and soldier's aspirations
Manipulated the Kornilov affair to present themselves as defenders of the city
April theses
Gained a majority in the Soviet from September

Evaluation

The Provisional Government was unfit to lead Russia, thus meaning a revolution was inevitable. The organisation and determination of the Bolsheviks however led to an increased rate at which Kerensky's government deteriorated

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Weaknesses of the PG was more important than Bolshevik strength for the OR?

Weaknesses of the PG was more important than Bolshevik strength for the OR?

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