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ernment’s policy obviously contradicted the announced principles of the
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leaders of the sovietwho regarded the publication of the note as a chal-
lenge. Demonstrators in the streets along with the Petrograd Sovietforced
Miliukov to resignand Defense Minister Guchkov soon followed him. A
new coalition government had to be formedand it had a different makeup:
it included six socialist membersamong them Kerenskywho now took the
crucial defense portfolio. The April events proved that the provisional gov-
ernment could not act without the explicit support of the Petrograd Soviet.
The next crisis came in Junewhen Kerensky initiated a major and ill-
considered offensive. He had two motives: firstthe Russian High Com-
mand before the February revolution had promised the allies that it would
undertake active military operations to facilitate a long-expected break-
through on the Western front. Secondhe recalled the experience of the
French Revolutionwhen the troops of democratic France fought success-
fully against the coalition of autocratic states; he believed that a successful
offensive would help to rekindle the ?ghting spirit in the army. The offen-
sive turned into a disaster. After [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]yilai:
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