Petrograd Soviet
What Petrograd Soviet means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Created by workers and soldiers, it represented them while the Provisional Committee was formed by Duma politicians.
A rival power base whose Order No. 1 undermined the government and which mobilised workers and soldiers.
Topics that use Petrograd Soviet
- Paper 3, Option 38.1: The making of modern Russia, 1855–1991 - 3 The end of the Romanovs and the triumph of the Bolsheviks, 1916–18 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
- The end of Romanov rule, 1906–17 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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