Question

Mention any five effects of the Petrograd Revolution

Answer 1

1. The imperial government was forced to resign.
2. Duma formed a provisional government .
3. Order no, 1 was issued which instructed the Russian soldiers and sailors to obey only those orders that did not conflict with the directives of the states.
4. The new provisional government hoped to salvage the Russian war effort while ending the food shortage and many other domestic crisis.
5. Lenin left the Bolshevik revolutionary party.

Answer 2

Answer:

1.On Sunday 25 February 1917, the government suspended Duma. Politicians spoke out against the measures.

2. The streets thronged with people raising slogans about bread wages, better hours and democracy.

3. The government tried to control the situation and called out the cavalry once again. However the cavalry refused to fire on the demonstrators.

4. An officer was shot at the barracks of aregiment and three other regiments mutinied, voting to join the striking workers.

5. By the evening soldiers and striking workers had gathered to form a soviet or council in the same building as the Duma met. This was the Petrograd Soviet.