The causes of the 1917 Revolution
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- The Causes of the 1917 February Revolution
- The role of the army
- 26th February troops from the Petrograd Garrison mutinied and joined protesters
- 25th February Cossack troops refused to fire on the demonstrators
- Without the support of the army the Tsar has lost his final supporters making his authority much weaker, as he relied on the army to maintain power.
- 26th February troops from the Petrograd Garrison mutinied and joined protesters
- Role of the Duma
- 26th February the Tsar dissolved the Duma.
- Progressive Bloc - proposed change - Nicholas ignored them - Dissolves the Duma - Provisional Committee is formed
- The committee highlighted how the Tsar was losing political influence in Petrograd
- Mistakes made by the Tsar and Government
- Nicholas becomes Commander in Chief of the army
- Leaves Tsarina in charge who is German and unpopular with the Russian people
- Affair with Rasputin, who influenced the Tsarina
- Without the Duma this meant Nicholas received the blame for failures such as The Battle of Tannenburg
- 26th February the Tsar dissolved the Duma.
- Leaves Tsarina in charge who is German and unpopular with the Russian people
- Nicholas becomes Commander in Chief of the army
- Role of Protesters and strikes
- 9th January on the anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” (one of the Tsars biggest mistakes) 140,000 workers went on strike to commemorate the massacre
- More strikes emerged because of food shortages and poor working conditions because of WWI
- Situation made worse by the rationing of bread 19th February - led to “panic buying” and more food shortages
- Mistakes made by the Tsar and Government
- Nicholas becomes Commander in Chief of the army
- Leaves Tsarina in charge who is German and unpopular with the Russian people
- Affair with Rasputin, who influenced the Tsarina
- Without the Duma this meant Nicholas received the blame for failures such as The Battle of Tannenburg
- Leaves Tsarina in charge who is German and unpopular with the Russian people
- Nicholas becomes Commander in Chief of the army
- Mistakes made by the Tsar and Government
- 23rd February International Women’s Day thousands of women took to the streets of Petrograd
- 23rd February workers at the Putilov Engineering Works went on strike
- The workers established Soviets in order to put forward their demands
- 1st March the Petrograd Soviet was established and ‘Order No. 1’ was issued which demanded that all officers had to be elected by their soldiers
- The role of the army
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