Provisional Government
What Provisional Government means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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A temporary, unelected committee formed from the old Duma to run Russia following the Tsar's abdication, lacking democratic legitimacy.
The body whose failures Lenin's clear policies capitalised on, and which blamed the Bolsheviks for the July Days.
Topics that use Provisional Government
- Option 30: Key topic 1: The revolutions of 1917 - 3 The Provisional Government (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Option 30: Key topic 1: The revolutions of 1917 - 4 The Bolshevik Revolution (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- April Theses
- Bolshevik support
- Collapse of authority
- Dual Control
- Dual Power
- July Days
- June Offensive
- Kerensky
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