Russian History 1917-24

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  • Created on: 18-11-20 11:18
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  • Russia 1917-24
    • 1917
      • Reasons for discontent
        • Competition for land (invasion)
        • Hard for trade. No sea or railway not finished until c.1914
        • Different population density. More control in areas
        • Tsar Nicholas weak. Lack of economic development
        • More than 20 ethnic groups
          • 1/2 of country are ethnic Russian
        • Natural barrieris
        • Primitive farming (no tractors, by hand)
      • Revolution. Strikes in Petrograd
      • Provisional Government formed
        • July Days (Lenin)
          • Bolsheviks overthrow
      • Kornilov revolt: July
    • 1922-24
      • 28th December 1922
        • Conference of Russian delegates approve USSR creation
        • USSR = Union of Soviet Republics
        • 10,000km wide, 7,200km N-S (11 time zones)
      • Lenin shot 3 times and died of a thrid stroke
    • 1921-24
      • Education
        • Girls and boys taught together
        • Children taught about revolutions
        • By 1926, 58% of Russia was literate
        • Little authority for teachers
      • Women
        • Divorce easier
        • 2 month paid maternity leave
        • 8-hour day. 5 hours domestic
      • Culture
        • Culture = propaganda
        • Proletkult meant people could access culture
        • Socialist realism
    • 1918-21
      • Causes
        • Economy and Social hardship
        • Bolshevik reforms
        • Czech legion
        • Foreign powers
      • 1918: War communism
        • 1921: Kronstadt Mutiny
          • 1921: NEP
      • 1918: Brest-Litovsk ended war. Mixed opinions

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