WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The legislative body in Russia that set up the provisional government
A
Cheka
B
Duma
C
Red Army
D
White Army
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Provisional Government was formed on 15 March 1917 (New Style) by the Provisional Committee in cooperation of the Petrograd Soviet, despite protests of the Bolsheviks.

Detailed explanation-2: -The State Duma is one of the chambers of the Russian parliament, the Federal Assembly. It is a legislative authority that consists of 450 members elected for five years.

Detailed explanation-3: -Creation of the Provisional Government. The Duma, which had been prorogued, refused to disperse, and on March 1 (March 14) it formed a government, headed by Georgy Yevgenyevich, Prince Lvov, and mainly composed of leaders of the Kadet and Octobrist parties.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Provisional Committee of the State Duma (Russian: ) was a special government body established on March 12, 1917 (27 February O.S.)

Detailed explanation-5: -Duma is an elected consultative Parliament which was created as a result of the 1905 Revolution. The coming up of Duma did not lead to the Tsar giving up power in Russia. The Tsar still had the final say in the laws of the country.

Detailed explanation-6: -By the spring of 1915 the Duma had become a focal point of opposition to the imperial regime. At the outset of the March Revolution of 1917, it established the Provisional Committee of the Duma, which formed the first Provisional Government and accepted the abdication of Nicholas II.

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