how effective was the provisional government?

How effective was the Provisional
Government?

The Tsar’s abdication in March 1917 left the running of the country to be decided. It was set-up by the Duma, the first prince was prince Lvov, he was soon replaced by Alexander Kerensky in July later that year. There was a great deal of competition from the Petrograd Soviets; they were elected by the workers and soldiers. Having two such huge powers was a problem; this may have been the reason for the failure of the provisional government.

There were many problems facing the government at this time, the first was the war. The provisional government decided to continue the war; they didn’t want to make peace with the Germans and they also wanted to ...