However, the Provisional Government did not help its own cause by committing itself to the continuation of the war. On 20 April, Pavel Milyukov, appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs within the new government, sent a telegram to Russia’s wartime allies, Britain and France, promising Russia’s continued commitment to the war effort through to ‘its glorious conclusion’. ‘Milyukov’s note’, as the incident became known, was intercepted and resulted in anti-government protests and demands for the minister’s resignation. Milyukov duly obliged, leaving behind a government widely regarded as
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