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$Title{Civilizations Past And Present
Document: The Program Of The Provisional Government}
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Title: Civilizations Past And Present
Book: Chapter 32: The Quest For Total Power
Author: Wallbank;Taylor;Bailkey;Jewsbury;Lewis;Hackett
Date: 1992
Document: The Program Of The Provisional Government
The freedom enjoyed by Russia from March to November 1917 was the most ever
experienced in that country. A major reason for the freedom was the program of
the Provisional Government.
Citizens, the Provisional Executive Committee of the members of
the Duma, with the aid and support of the garrison of the capital and
its inhabitants, has triumphed over the dark forces of the Old Regime
to such an extent as to enable it to organize a more stable executive
power.
The cabinet will be guided in its actions by the following
principles:
1. An immediate general amnesty for all political and religious
offenses, including terrorist acts, military revolts, agrarian offenses,
etc.
2.Freedom of speech and press; freedom to form labor unions and to
strike. These political liberties should be extended to the army in so
far as war conditions permit.
3.The abolition of all social, religious and national restrictions.
4.Immediate preparation for the calling of a Constituent Assembly,
elected by universal and secret vote, which shall determine the form
of government and draw up the Constitution for the country.
5.In place of the police, to organize a national militia with elective
officers, and subject to the local self-governing body.
6.Elections to be carried out on the basis of universal, direct, equal,
and secret suffrage.
7.The troops that have taken part in the revolutionary movement shall
not be disarmed or removed from Petrograd.
8.On duty and in war service, strict military discipline should be
maintained, but when off duty, soldiers should have the same public
rights as are enjoyed by other citizens.
The Provisional Government wishes to add that it has no intention
of taking advantage of the existence of war conditions to delay the
realization of the above-mentioned measures of reform.
President of the Duma, M. Rodzianko
President of the Council of Ministers,
Prince Lvov
Ministers Miliukov, Nekrasov, Manuilov,
Konovalov, Tereschenko, Vl. Lvov,
Shingarev, Kerenski.
March 16, 1917.
From Documents of Russian History, 1914-1917, ed. F. A. Golder, tr. E.
Aronsberg (New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc. 1927).