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How Did The Russian Revolution Contribute To The Failure Of The Provisional Government

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SACE MODERN HISTORY: Assessment Type 1
Russian Revolution
The consolidation of power by the revolutionaries

when Analyzing the importance of Kerensky’s Prime Minister ship to the failure of the Provisional Government to maintain power. I will consider on the period from June to November, 1917. while the provisional government had a lot of problems and external factors to why it fell the main decision maker was still Kerensky at it was his brash decision making and his polices were what made him the biggest contributor to the fall of the Provisional government. The provisional government was formed from a temporary group of deputes how were not fully elected and hand no real mandate. This lack of power became more obvious after about June …show more content…

“This made the government extremely unpopular, particularly in April forcing the resignation of Milyukov and again in July after Kerensky’s failed offensive in Galicia” . The war was one of the major downfalls of the provisional government. Kerensky offered the people Russia’s continued participation in the war and no land deals for the peasants.
Kerensky’s mistake in was that he in the 18 July 1917 he dismissed Brusilov as Commander-in-Chief and Kornilov takes his role then in 10 August …show more content…

then in 24 August 1917 Kornilov orders Krymov's units to dissolve the government and neutralize the garrison in event of a Bolshevik rebellion “V.N Lvov interviews Kornilov and deceives him into saying that he could become a dictator for Russia and have Kerensky as a minister ,although he also says that he could subordinate himself under Kerensky” . Finally in 29 August 1917 Kerensky makes himself Commander-in-Chief and orders Krymov to halt, The struggles against 'counter-revolution' is headed by the Soviet with the Bolsheviks sending out the most people to defend the capital. No bloodshed is made as both sides were really there to 'defend' the city the effects of this were Kerensky lost support from both the left who suspected him of being involved in the pursuit of becoming a dictator and the right who supported Kornilov. Soldiers suspect their officers of supporting Kornilov and the drive for peace and insubordination increases. Bolsheviks gained the mask as the protectors of the revolution and Russia while many Bolsheviks were given arms (40,000) during the revolution against

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