Russia in Revolution
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- Created on: 05-05-13 13:06
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- Russia in Revolution 1917
- February Revolution
- A spontaneous affair
- Popular movement 'from below'
- Short term causes
- World War One
- Nicholas II left Petrograd leaving Alexandra and Rasputin in control to become Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army and Navy
- People did not want to be in the war
- The Provisional Government kept Russia in war in order to keep foreign loans from Britain and France
- Dual Power not really working - Soviet took control over PG
- Couldn't make a decision on land distribution - delaying it till after the watr
- People did not want to be in the war
- The Provisional Government kept Russia in war in order to keep foreign loans from Britain and France
- Dual Power not really working - Soviet took control over PG
- Couldn't make a decision on land distribution - delaying it till after the watr
- Couldn't make a decision on land distribution - delaying it till after the watr
- Dual Power not really working - Soviet took control over PG
- The Provisional Government kept Russia in war in order to keep foreign loans from Britain and France
- People did not want to be in the war
- Couldn't make a decision on land distribution - delaying it till after the watr
- Dual Power not really working - Soviet took control over PG
- The Provisional Government kept Russia in war in order to keep foreign loans from Britain and France
- Food shortages (bread rationing) and deterioting economy
- 300% rise in cost of living led to strikes
- 145,00 0 workers in Petrograd strikes - 30,000 in Moscow
- 23rd Feb International Women's day = strikes
- 145,00 0 workers in Petrograd strikes - 30,000 in Moscow
- Harsh winter 1916 made this worse
- Inflation increased
- bread rationing led to riots in Petrograd on 19th feb
- 24hr queues
- 300% rise in cost of living led to strikes
- World War One
- Long term causes
- Unstable political structure
- continued suspension of the Duma 1906-1917
- Tsar Nicholas II was weak
- Nicholas II left Petrograd leaving Alexandra and Rasputin in control to become Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army and Navy
- Lack of change since 1905 Rev led to Peasant grievences
- most poor, illiterate and uneducated
- Inefficient and backward methods in agriculture
- Poor living and working conditions
- Russia contained vast amounts of different minorities and nationalities
- especially the policy of Russification and the suppression of other minorites
- Unstable political structure
- A spontaneous affair
- October Revolution
- Lenin's return
- The Bolsheviks abandoned the PG
- April Thesis offered "Peace, Bread, Land" and "All power to the Soviets"
- Lenin pushed for revolution - wrote to the Bolshevik Central Committee on the 12th September but they rejected his demands as they thought they were premature.
- Lenin visited on the 10th October and gained the majority of support, however not Zineoviev or Kamenev
- Trotsky convinced Lenin to delay the coup d'etat until the 26th October
- The final stages of the coup planned by Trotsky
- Trotsky convinced Lenin to delay the coup d'etat until the 26th October
- Lenin visited on the 10th October and gained the majority of support, however not Zineoviev or Kamenev
- Kerensky gave the Bolsheviks to set up a Military Revolutionary Committe (MRC) as he tried to send the most radical army units out of the capital.
- He later restricted the power of the MRC, closed down 2 Bolshevik newspapers and raised the bridges linking the working class districts to the centre of Petrograd.
- Kerensky lost support from people and troops due to the Kornilov affair
- He later restricted the power of the MRC, closed down 2 Bolshevik newspapers and raised the bridges linking the working class districts to the centre of Petrograd.
- The All-Russian Congress of Soviets disagreed with the actions of the Bolsheviks
- Many socialist groups stormed out in protest to the response of the Bolsheviks
- Left the Bolsheviks in the majority within the Congress
- Lenin announced formation of a Bolshevik government; an immediate end to the war; a decree transferring land to the peasants
- Left the Bolsheviks in the majority within the Congress
- Many socialist groups stormed out in protest to the response of the Bolsheviks
- Lenin's return
- February Revolution
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