WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who was the leader of the Provisional Government between the February and October Revolutions
A
Josef Stalin
B
V. I. Lenin
C
Leon Trotsky
D
Alexander Kerensky
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky was a Russian lawyer, politician and statesman. He was one of the key political figures between March and October 1917, when he was a minister and later Prime Minister of the Russian Provisional Government.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Alexander Kerensky (1881-1970) was a Russian revolutionary and politician of liberal-socialist persuasions. In the eight months between February and October 1917, Kerensky was Russia’s most significant national leader, serving as justice minister, war minister and prime minister in the Provisional Government.

Detailed explanation-4: -Explanation: The Mensheviks were led by Julius Martov.

Detailed explanation-5: -They were led by Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks, a party of revolutionaries. The Soviet Union was founded by a new communist government. Complete answer: The Russian Provisional Government was created on 2 March 1917, shortly after Tsar Nicholas II of the Russian Empire abdicated.

Detailed explanation-6: -He instituted basic civil liberties-e.g., the freedoms of speech, press, assembly, and religion; universal suffrage; and equal rights for women-throughout Russia and became one of the most widely known and popular figures among the revolutionary leadership.

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