Causes of Russian Revelution
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- Created on: 03-05-13 16:49
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- Causes of Russian revolution 1917
- Russian failures in the first world war.
- By 1917 Russia had lost almost 9 million soldiers.
- In 1915 hthe Tsar was in personal command of the Russian armed forces therefore was blamed for their defeats.
- Soldiers were poorly trained and equip.
- The failure of the Duma.
- Being ignored
- Opposition groups.
- Bolsheviks
- Rasputin
- The Tsarina became under the influence of Rasputin and he used his power to gain effective control over the Russian government.
- The discontent of the workers.
- By the 1900's 20% of Russian were workers in factories.
- Working conditions were hard and pay was low.
- They all stricked a lot
- The discontent of the peasants.
- 90% of the population were peasants
- Aristocrats and nobles owned most of the land.
- The weakness of the Tsar Nicholas II
- Defeats in battle
- Poor management
- Distrust of Nicholas' German wife, Alexandra.
- Russian failures in the first world war.
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