Russia & the First World War
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- Russia & the First World War
- The Tsar
- Role
- Nicholas II took control of Russia's armed forces
- If things went well he took the credit, if not he had to take the blame
- He was responsible for the success/failure of Russia and couldn't blame anyone else
- If things went well he took the credit, if not he had to take the blame
- Recalled the Duma in 1915
- Nicholas II took control of Russia's armed forces
- If things went well he took the credit, if not he had to take the blame
- He was responsible for the success/failure of Russia and couldn't blame anyone else
- If things went well he took the credit, if not he had to take the blame
- He still refused to share the power
- The formation of the 'Progressive Bloc'
- Zemgor group was set up to highlight the government's failures and hinted to other ways of ruling than Tsardom
- Nicholas II took control of Russia's armed forces
- Nicholas II took control of Russia's armed forces
- Role
- Society
- Economy
- Food
- Horses and fertiliseres were taken by the military
- Made it much harder for peasants to sustain an agricultural output
- Not an immediate problem
- After 1916 production started to fall due to decrease in profits when trading
- Inflation
- The government spending increased
- 4 million to 30 million roubles
- Taxes were increased
- The government borrowed heavily from abroad
- Price of food and fuel quadrupled whilst pay only doubled
- Food
- Horses and fertiliseres were taken by the military
- Made it much harder for peasants to sustain an agricultural output
- Not an immediate problem
- After 1916 production started to fall due to decrease in profits when trading
- Inflation
- The government spending increased
- 4 million to 30 million roubles
- Taxes were increased
- The government borrowed heavily from abroad
- Price of food and fuel quadrupled whilst pay only doubled
- Money was worth basically nothing
- The government spending increased
- Inflation
- After 1916 production started to fall due to decrease in profits when trading
- The military had first claim on the food + transport + roads
- Military
- Fewer troops than Germany or France were sent to fight
- They had the largest army of all the countries fighting in the war
- They were victim to Russia's poor distribution of resources as the people were
- Managed to produce more shells than Germany
- Mutinies and desertion occured
- Fewer troops than Germany or France were sent to fight
- Military
- Hunger and famine was a problem during the war
- Food was wasted in unmovable train carts
- Cities suffered worse as they were so far away from the food production areas and relied on the transport of food
- Cities suffered worse as they were so far away from the food production areas and relied on the transport of food
- Food was wasted in unmovable train carts
- Horses and fertiliseres were taken by the military
- Food
- Money was worth basically nothing
- The government spending increased
- Inflation
- After 1916 production started to fall due to decrease in profits when trading
- The military had first claim on the food + transport + roads
- Military
- Fewer troops than Germany or France were sent to fight
- They had the largest army of all the countries fighting in the war
- They were victim to Russia's poor distribution of resources as the people were
- Managed to produce more shells than Germany
- Mutinies and desertion occured
- Fewer troops than Germany or France were sent to fight
- Military
- Hunger and famine was a problem during the war
- Food was wasted in unmovable train carts
- Food was wasted in unmovable train carts
- Horses and fertiliseres were taken by the military
- Transport
- Railways had grown from 13,000 to 44,000 miles
- The huge transportation of soldiers and supplies meant the trains broke down often
- Caused the railways to virtually collapse
- Caused the railways to virtually collapse
- Food
- Rasputin
- Role
- Hatred of the Tsarist system focused on him
- Effecivly became the government of Russia along side the Tsar's wife Alexandra
- Caused many people to turn against the Tsar, allowing the country to be run by a 'German woman' and a debauched monk
- Died by being shot in the head, poisoned, battered with a steel bar, and thrown into the river Nwva
- Self ordained holy man
- Rarely washed/changed his clothes
- His enemies called him the 'mad monk'
- Importance
- Reorganised the army's medical supply system
- Showed common sense and administrative skills which Russia needed and their government officials lacked
- A symbol that it was too late to save Tsardom
- Role
- Parties & organisations
- Union of Zemstvos
- Union of Municipal Councils
- Zemgor
- Union of Zemstvos
- Zemgor
- Bolsheviks
- Forced to flee as they were accused of being German agents due to not supporting the war effort
- If the war went well they would have most probably have disappeared as a political force
- Majority socialist parties abandoned their polices and committed themselves to the war effort
- The Tsar
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