March 1917 saw the Tsar abdicate and the formation of which government?

March 1917 saw the Tsar abdicate and the formation of which government?

• A. The Provisional Government
• B. The Duma
• C. The Soviet
• D. The Committee of Public Safety

Answer: (A)

When Nicholas II abdicated in March 1917, Russia needed an interim authority to run the country while a lasting constitutional framework was decided. The government that formed was the Provisional Government, created by leaders of the Duma and liberal reformers to act as a temporary rule until elections for a constitutional assembly could be held. It was not the Duma itself, which was a legislative body, nor the Soviet, which emerged as a workers’ council that would increasingly challenge the provisional authority. The Committee of Public Safety is from a different historical context entirely (the French Revolution). So the Provisional Government is the government that formed in March 1917.

When Nicholas II abdicated in March 1917, Russia needed an interim authority to run the country while a lasting constitutional framework was decided. The government that formed was the Provisional Government, created by leaders of the Duma and liberal reformers to act as a temporary rule until elections for a constitutional assembly could be held. It was not the Duma itself, which was a legislative body, nor the Soviet, which emerged as a workers’ council that would increasingly challenge the provisional authority. The Committee of Public Safety is from a different historical context entirely (the French Revolution). So the Provisional Government is the government that formed in March 1917.