CAUSES OF 1917 REV
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- Created on: 04-04-17 13:50
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- Causes of Russian Revolution, 1917
- Background causes
- Tsar failed to deal with problems facing Russia
- WW1 made problems worse-declining living standards and food shortages
- Army suffered many casualties
- Tsar made poor decisions-Commander in Chief
- Trigger causes, Jan-March 1917
- Began with demonstrations-Jan 1917
- Jan 9th-Bloody Sunday commemoration
- 19th Feb-Gov announced bread rationing
- More strikes because of this
- 25th Feb-Soviets established to put forwards demands for workers
- March 1st-Petrograd Soviet issued Order Number 1
- Officers had to be elected by their soldiers
- Responses of army
- 25th Feb-Cossacks refused to fire on demonstrators
- Tsar losing support of the army
- Tsar relied on power of army to keep him secure
- Feb 26th-Petrograd Garrison mutinied and joined protestors
- Responses of government
- Attempted to regain control
- All newspapers shut down and public transport stopped
- Troops loyal to the Tsar opened fire on protestors
- The Duma
- Suspended on 26th Feb
- 12 man committee set up to run Russia
- Undermined Tsar's authority
- Abdication of the Tsar
- 28th Feb-Tsar on trains but stopped by strikes
- Tsar aske to abdicate and agreed on March 2nd
- Background causes
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