What were the Problems with the Provisional Govt.?

WAR
1. Milyukov, minister of war, - to make territorial gains at the end of April 1917.
  1. Socialists in the PS angry as they wanted a defensive war - Milyukov forced to resign
2. PG's attitude towards war was negative + so allowed Bolshevism to flourish
3. SUMMER OFFENSIVE
  1. 16/06/1917 for 3 days
  2. major military offensive against Germans
  3. new MofWar, Kerensky, ran propaganda campaign + gave speeches to gain support
    1. K was pop. and this gained support
  4. soilders h/ever desserted in high #
    1. resulted in many soilders killed and lots of land lost to Germany
  5. PG survived immediate effects but moderate socialists lost credibility to soilders + workers in the long term
  6. Effects at home led to armed uprising (July Days)
4. JULY DAYS
  1. 3/07 - 20000 soldiers from Kronstadt arrived in the Petrograd
    1. marched on Tauride palace + demanded the soviets take power
      1. Chernov (SR leader) went to calm them but was captured + later saved by Trotsky
  2. Unsuccessful;
    1. lack of leadership
    2. loyal soviet troops arrived + crowds dispersed
    3. several Bolsh leaders arrested
  3. Sukhanov; described armed groups as being led by 'Bolsh lieutenants' but evid. suggests leaders were far from committed
LAND
1. unrest in countryside as P still unhappy as still didnt have land
2. due to collapse govt. there was no one to stop p taking land
  1. Summer 17; Land seizures escalated -237 cases in July
3. Liberals in PG unwilling to hand over land; concerns such as compensation for landowners
  1. P didnt find this reasonable + cont to take land/livestock
NATIONAL MINORITIES
1. Problems between libs + socialists over demands of NM
2. wanted ind. from the empire
3. Problem when Ukraine wanted self-govt as they had most valuable farmland in empire
POOR ECONOMIC SITUATION
1. shortages of fuel =factories shutting down = unemployment
  1. 10000 jobs lost after 568 factories shut between feb-july
2. wages increased (blacksmith £1.25 in july '14 to £8.50 in August '17) but costs of basics rose
3. Food shortages
  1. govt increased what it paid for grain by 100% but didnt convince p to bring grain to cities
    1. grain prices doubled in petrograd

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