akin to a union, made up of soldiers and workers, democratic
created order no. 1 which said the PG should only be obeyed if they agree with the soviet: weapons were controlled by the PS soldierscommittee: got rid of honorifictitles in the army and gave soldiers full citizens rights for example, they no longer had to salute when off duty
included Mensheviks, Social Revolutionaries and Bolsheviks
Provisional Government
led by Prince Lvov, comprised of the remaining pro constitutionalmonarchists and influential elites-kadets and liberals
Widely accepted as legitimate
a temporary body, planned to hold elections asap for a Constituent Assembly
Dual Authority
PG and PS both occupied the TauridePalace, PG in the right and PS in the left
only Kerensky was a member of both
PG worked to punish deserters but the PS wanted to endwar
PG held off on CAelections, which meant key policy like legitimisinglandseizure was pushed back
When PGforeignminister announced the continuation of the war and was met with protest he and the minister of war both resigned, Kerensky then became minister of war and chaiman of the pg
pg liberals
dominant in the pg and kadets were the dominant force but werent united, Milyukov said the revolution was over. they wanted democracy where some wanted more social reform
continue war
wanted land reform through CA
didnt want national minority independece/ empire to be broken
realised people wouldnt vote for the so delayed elections until after the war
ps socialists
SRs, mensheviks, bolsheviks
prepared to cooperate with pg but wanted to ensure the people's interests werent ignored