1.3. Provisional Government and Bolshevik revolution

Reorder the following

• Riots break out in St. Petersbug, the violence is as bad as the February Revolution. Lenin refuses to take charge of the situation.

• General Kornilov marches on St. Petersburg.

• Lenin releases his 'April Theses'.

• Lenin arrives at the Finland station in St. Petersburg from exile.

• Bolsheviks are blamed for the uprising and jailed.

Identify Lenin and Trotsky.

General Kornilov was a ​ (a)   who wanted to shut down the ​ (b)   . Kerensky panicked and released the ​ (c)   to help defend ​ (d)   .

• monarchist
• communist
• Provisional Government
• Petrograd Soviet
• Bolsheviks
• Russian Army
• St. Petersburg
• Moscow

The leader of the Bolshevik party, ​ (a)   was ruthless and uncompromising. His April Theses which could be summarised as "Bread, ​ (b)   ​ and Land - All power to the Soviets", essentially meant that the Bolsheviks would immediately redistribute land to (c)   and seek peace with ​ (d)   . They also refused to work with ​ (e)   ​as they believed them to be a bourgeois parliament with no actual claim to power.

• Lenin,
• Trotsky
• Peace
• War
• the peasants
• the bourgeoisie
• Germany
• the Provisional Government
• Games
• the army

Match the following political groups

• Liberals

• Extreme conservatives/monarchists. Believed in divine right and the autocracy.

• Black Hundreds

• Believed in immediate revolution led by the peasants and their needs.

• Social Democrats (Bolshevik)

• Believed in a worker-led revolution and immediate hand-over of power to the Soviets in 1917.

• Social Democrats (Menshevik)

• Believed that Russia should have a revolution led by workers. Didn't believe Russia was ready in 1917.

• Socialist Revolutionaries

• Wanted Western style government with an elected parliament. Some wanted to keep the monarchy like in the UK.

The failed Russian offensive in July 1917 was known as the (a)   offensive. Named after the leader of the Provisional Government, this seriously damaged his reputation.

The leader of the Petrograd Soviet and second in command of the Bolsheviks. The man who planned the military operation of the revolution in October.

• Lenin

• Stalin

• Trotsky

• Kamenev

Select TWO features of the Provisional Government.

• It was formed in the wake of the February Revolution.

• It was made up of mostly Liberal Politicians.

• It lacked real power because of 'dual power' and the Soviet Order No. 1.

• It was overthrown in October by the Bolsheviks.

Select TWO features of the Petrograd Soviet.

• It was a council for workers and soldier's deputies.

• It was established in the wake of the February revolution.

• It had a Central Committee which was, by the autumn of 1917, largely under the control of the Bolsheviks, notably Leon Trotsky.

• Most of the members were Liberals.

Event that enraged many Russians. This proved that the Provisional Government had promised the Allied Powers that Russia would remain in the war.

• Milyukov note

• April Theses

• Kornilov affair

• July days