How effective was pre-revolutionary government in dealing with discontent?
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In the case of Russia, the Provisional Government, which was the official pre-revolutionary government holding office from February 1917 right after the Tsar’s abdication as a result of the February Revolution until the seizure of power of the Bolsheviks in October 1917, was mostly ineffective in dealing with the ubiquitous discontent that afflicted Russia during the pre-revolutionary period. While there were a handful of temporarily or slightly effective attempts to deal with discontent about land and industrial affairs, the Provisional Government’s ineffectiveness in dealing with discontent was overwhelmingly revealed in various sectors of the country, including the peasants, the industrial workers and employers, the Army and soldiers during the period. Therefore, the ineffectiveness will be discussed with a focus on the three parties mentioned.
First and foremost, the Government failed to deal effectively with the widespread discontent of the peasants during the pre-revolutionary period.
Politically, while the Government believed naively that problems of 1917 could be resolved by simply importing Western constitutional practices and politics. It did not respond to the wants of peasants who had deeply entrenched autocratic mindset and were used to power, coercion and social domination, instead of political ideals and the rule of law. They had a different ideal with that of the Government—they wanted to get even and gained social dominance over their former ‘masters’, but not a constitution which promoted fairness and legality. Blinded by the utopian liberal ideals, the Provisional Government failed to recognise and respond to this ‘common sense’, that was the revengeful nature of human beings—given the suffering the peasants ha...
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...these attempts failed and were only seen by the troops as attempts to restore the old Tsarist military system. The civic patriotism did not extend beyond the urban middle classes either. The discontent and demoralization of troops persisted. In fact, the persistence of discontent was more obviously shown when desertion escalated up to 170,000 as the Offensive drew nearer.
In conclusion, despite limited temporarily or slightly effective attempts to deal with discontent and disputes about land and industrial affairs, the Provisional Government was largely ineffective in dealing with the prevailing discontents of the peasants politically, socially and legally, those of the industrial workers and employers amidst the rampant industrial disputes, and those of the soldiers prior to and during the June Offensive that afflicted Russia during the pre-revolutionary period.
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- Explains that the provisional government was mostly ineffective in dealing with the ubiquitous discontent that afflicted russia during the pre-revolutionary period.
- Explains that the provisional government failed to deal effectively with the widespread discontent of the peasants during the pre-revolutionary period.
- Analyzes how the government failed to pass a new land law in time to deal with peasants' discontent about the uneven distribution of land.
- Explains that the provisional government was mostly ineffective in dealing with the ubiquitous discontent that afflicted russia during the pre-revolutionary period.
- Explains that the provisional government failed to deal effectively with the widespread discontent of the peasants during the pre-revolutionary period.
- Analyzes how the government failed to pass a new land law in time to deal with peasants' discontent about the uneven distribution of land.
- Analyzes how the government set up volosts to regulate agrarian issues, but it failed to appease the "land-hungry" peasants and their discontent continued to soar.
- Explains that the government's laws and orders lost status in peasants' minds, especially after the convention of the first all-russian pesant assembly. they promulgated their own laws favouring their demands.
- Explains that the government failed to deal with the discontent of both the industrial workers and employers by actively intervening and balancing their respective interests.
- Explains that the government endorsed a neutral stance and idealistic expectation, but did virtually nothing pragmatic at all. it did not responsively intervene in disputes nor negotiate with employers for workers’ rights.
- Analyzes how the government failed with the discontent of the employers, who became fed up with workers' claims and the government's inability to reign in the continual strikes and escalating pay demands.
- Explains that the government did facilitate owners-workers negotiations initially, and there were signs of an industrial partnership through arbitrations of disputes by the minister of trade and industry, konovalov.
- Analyzes how the government's ineffectiveness in dealing with discontent of the army soldiers was blatant.
- Argues that the government tried to resolve soldiers' discontent by re-establishing the officers-soldiers relations and creating a "patriotic fervor" atmosphere. these attempts failed and were only seen by the troops as attempts to restore the old tsarist military system.
- Concludes that the provisional government was largely ineffective in dealing with the prevailing discontents of the peasants politically, socially and legally, industrial workers and employers amidst the rampant industrial disputes, and soldiers prior to and during the june offensive.
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- Argues that economic decline in the 1770s may have frustrated some bourgeois in their rise to power and wealth, and rising bread prices just before the revolution certainly increased dissatisfaction among workers and peasants.
- Opines that the french government should have dealt with poor economic decisions under louis the xiv, such as borrowing money to fight wars and keeping french power alive in europe.
- Explains that the french revolution was a major transformation of the society and political system of france, lasting from 1789 to 1799.
- Argues that economic decline in the 1770s may have frustrated some bourgeois in their rise to power and wealth, and rising bread prices just before the revolution certainly increased dissatisfaction among workers and peasants.
- Opines that the french government should have dealt with poor economic decisions under louis the xiv, such as borrowing money to fight wars and keeping french power alive in europe.
- Analyzes how the french people had become critical of the monarchy, even though it had been successful in militarily defending france and in suppressing religious and political violence.
- Explains why the government didn't stop taxes and bring peace to the divided nation. the french government was in a large debt to other nations and needed the support of the nobles.
- Opines that the french revolution could not have been stopped unless decisions in the past could've been changed. the excess spending by louis the xiv caused this once great nation to fall into debt and economic problems.
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