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To: Hoplite
Both Kerensky and the Soviets that comprised the provisional government of the RSFSR (to be precise) at the time the banknotes with fylfots were indisputably socialists. That in itself is sufficient for the purposes of my posting.

The (incontrovertably socialist) Russian provisional government designed the banknotes with the fylfots represented. This is not seriously disputed. It may be unseriously disputed, I suppose.

The unique nature of the Socialist fylfot may be because socialism was regarded as an international movement, as Communism was later. But a socialist symbol it was, without question.

42 posted on 07/31/2008 12:33:14 AM PDT by Post Toasties (It's not a smear if it's true.)
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To: Post Toasties
Both Kerensky and the Soviets that comprised the provisional government of the RSFSR (to be precise) at the time the banknotes with fylfots were indisputably socialists.

The provisional government was most definitely NOT comprised of any Soviets. As matter of fact, Soviets were a parallel power structure, with their own armed forces, and wanted nothing to do with Provisional government; that's why they finally overturned it.

But if there are doubts still, let's see what Provisional government actually did while it was in power:

It postponed the expected elections. Instead of ending Russia's involvement in World War I, it launched a new offensive against the German and Austro-Hungarian army in July 1917, thereby weakening its popularity among Russia's war-weary people. The Provisional Government was unable to make decisive policy decisions due to political factionalism and a breakdown of state structures.[5] This weakness led to a challenge from the right in the form of the Kornilov Affair, and then from the left, which organized the October Revolution

I don't see any socialism here, really, just a complete failure, equally despised by the right and the left. It's not even possible to attach any rational policy to this government, aside from the need to "do something."

50 posted on 07/31/2008 12:49:22 AM PDT by Greysard
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