Provisional Government Key debates

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  • Doomed to fail?
    • Provisional Government
      • Why Reluctant to Reform?
        • Main aim to enable reform the political system through the Constituent Assembly
          • Paid little attention to economic and social reform
        • "greatest feature of the government was ineffective"
        • Attempted reform:
          • Release political prisoners
          • Secret courts ended
          • Freedom of the press
        • Weak atempt to unite
        • Didn't attempt to adress land issue
        • Workers commities clamped down on
        • This increased opposition (July Days)
        • Food shortages due to war
      • WW1 responsible for fall?
        • Optimist
          • War had popular support
          • war meant that the govt could not properly put in place authority
          • Costly in impact on land
          • Limited support from allies
          • War was the priority so ignored other issues
        • Pesimist
          • Doomed to fail regardless
          • People saw the PG as an extention of the tsarist regime- danger of dissintergration befire the war
          • wanted social and economic change before the war
          • Kerenskys leadership was questionable e.g. dealing with the Kornilov affair
          • However downplays impact of war
      • Opposition form national minorities lead to the fall?
        • Overlooked when considering the demise
        • People angry their wants and needs were not being considered
        • Spurred on by the success of workers
        • Took advantage of new laws, e.g no police units
        • Central Rada formed in Ukraine - press for autonomy
        • Finnland made the Sejn - free from Russian influence
        • Did not prioritse so took into own hands
    • Yes:
      • Doomed to fail but did not help with poor desicions
      • Well accepted by lacked legitimacy of an electiton
      • Had no choice but to remain in the war - arguably biggest mistake
      • Failure to deal with opponents due to circumstance
    • No:
      • Succesful in meeting its main aim- preportaions for the constituent assembly
      • Determination of Bolsheviks
      • Only time united - popular support from workers
      • Kornilov affair could have been dealt with better

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