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The Provisional Government Essay Research Paper 1

The Provisional Government Essay, Research Paper


`1) a) The provisional government was devised from revolutionary duma members


who refused to disband at the Tsar? request. It was not an elected body, and


therefore did not necessarily have the support of the people. The provisional


government would be judged purely on the performance of national matters.? The provisional government also lacked an


official partnership with the Petrograd soviets, which were one of the big


parties in Russia. The soviet order number 1 states that: The orders of the military commission of the state duma Are to be obeyed only in such instances when they do not Contradict the


orders and decrees of the soviet. This order from the soviets


left the provisional government in a very precarious position. Basically this


order meant that the provisional government did not have the support of the


army. At the time the soviets were working with the provisional government and


did not undermine their power, this was probably due to the whole euphoria


surrounding the revolution. No one wanted to end the initial national


contentment so at first this wasn?t a problem for the provisional government.


Military affairs were only binding if approved by the Petrograd soviets, this


eventually cause animosity between the two groups. Originally the soviets had


only wanted to make sure that the workers and military personnel were treated


fairly by the government, but the provisional government moved further to the


right while the soviets moved further to the left, until the communication


broke down totally. With out a non-conflicting leadership over the army the


provisional government could not enforce power, which meant that its fall was


inevitable. The October Revolution 2) a) Lenin, when he returned to Russia in 1917, regarded a second revolution


a necessity. The base for this action was to assert the proletariat into a position


of power. Lenin believed that the

first revolution had been a political


bourgeois revolution, and because of his Marxist ideologies this wasn?t good enough


and there had to be a proletariat revolution because they fitted in with his


political beliefs, and the revolution would give him ample opportunity to take


over Russia. At first Lenin used the help of the Petrograd soviets, but he had


no intention of letting them rule with him, as he thought that only his party


alone stood for the proletariat and ruling with other parties would only


undermine the Bolshevik party. The revolution would help him to stick to his


political opinions, while wiping out all the other opposition. b) It seems that in comparison Lenin had a very different conclusion to


the 1917 revolution to his comrade Trotsky. Trotsky says that it was down to


three factors 1) Refusal of Petrograd garrison to side with government 2) Creation of MRC 3) Infiltration by Bolshevik members of key divisions of the army The three factors, which


Trotsky listed, are in fact not a proletarian revolution. All that had happened


is another bourgeois revolution. None of the three factors mention the proletariat


being involved at all with the revolution. The revolution was another re-enactment


of the 1905 revolution. This obviously shows that Lenin was not that bothered


about Marxism. All Lenin seemed to be worried about was whether he could gain


power from this revolt. c) From Trotsky?s account it


obviously seems that the revolution had not gone to Lenin?s plan. The


revolution in October 1917 highlighted the fact that the Mensheviks made about


how there was just not enough proletariat for a full-blown Marxist revolution.


Lenin wanted power as soon as possible, basically he staged a proletariat


revolution for his party. I think this shows that Lenin was not that politically


strong in his ideas, he seems to just want the power, he obviously doesn?t care


that he was already breaking his own idealism?s.??

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