actions taken

• Finns and Ukrainian's given autonomy
• PG continued to print more money despite inflation rising and prices
• PG tried to take grain from the peasants however the peasants were so annoyed they horded grain and would not give it up
• PG gave workers an 8 hour day
• There were strikes in factories as war continued
• PG tried to introduce military discipline in army
• Kerensky offensive attempted to rouse support for PG and put more effort into war; however 400,000 soldiers lost their lives and low war morale with desertions
• PG set up committee for future policy for land; however they decided only constituent assembly could make decisions causing peasants to take land for themselves, livestock and timber
• Storm of protests in Petrograd as people were angry war was continuing
• The July days: on 3rd July Kadet ministers resigned from gov, protests against war becoming more serious. The demonstrators chanted 'peace, bread and land' and 'all power to the Soviets' these were Bolshevik sayings
• July days- demonstrators given no clear leadership from Lenin, thought revolt was premature.
• July days- on 5th July loyal troops cleared the streets, banned Bolshevik newspapers. Lenin escaped to Finland, 800 Bolshevik's imprisoned
• July days- the government published Bolshevik documents showing they were receiving money from Germany, discrediting them
• 8th July Kerensky becomes prime minister; however he moved into Tsar's apartments ruining his image as a man of the people
• What was the Kornilov coup? 


  Kornilov, commander in chief of army, ordered troops to march on capital and 'hand German supporters and spies' and close down Soviet. Kerensky therefore armed the workers of Petrograd ( many now Bolshevik supporters) this was his downfall as they became a threat.
• aftermath of the Kornilov coup? 


  Kornilov's army unable to advance as railway workers refused to move trains, Kerensky was unable to command support of troops in capital. Showed threat f revolution. Lenin watching demanded his party seize power
• Elections in constituent assembly moved from Febuary to november
• unrest in countryside as peasants burnt estates and landowners houses
• their decision to stay in the way meant improvements like wage rises and 8 hour working days were put off until after the war; failure to help workers increased worker unhappiness, leading to october revolution
• land question never answered
• dual authority PG failed to coordinate with PG soviet
• july days demand peace, bread and land
• freedom to strike
• bad standard of living
• low wages
• 8 hour working day
• dismantled the Okhrana
• lacked control over the railway and post service
• Kerensky Offensive: launch a major offensive against enemy positions
• Result of Kerensky offensive: disaster and army pushed back hundreds of kms
• sessions for the petrograd soviet could hold 3000, could have challenged PG
• Socialist revolutionary party had more support than the Bolsheviks amongst the peasants
• PG introduced break rationing 1917
• over 2 million soldiers deserted by 1917
• reasons for July days:

  • continued shortages of food
  • failure of Kerensky offensive
  • Bolshevik propoganda
• Bolsheviks had 60,000 supporters in Petrograd
• 40,000 Bolsheviks help weapons after Kornilov coup
• after Kornilov coup; Kornilov dismissed as commander in chief of army
• caused july days: shortages of fuel meant closure of 586 factories and 100,000 lost jobs
• Kornilov reintroduced death penalty in army