The tsarist regime and its collapse 1914-17
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- The tsarist regime and its collapse 1914-17
- Difficulties facing Russia at the start of the 20th century
- Population of roughly 125 million
- over 100 different nationalities
- 80% were peasants or illiterate
- Big country- difficult to pass on information
- Lots of inhabitable land
- Tsar Nicholas II ruled, harsh autocratic regime was supported by a wealthy aristocracy and by the russian orthodox church.
- Bloody Sunday and the 1905 revolution
- October manifesto
- Granted freedom of speech
- The right to form political parties
- Formation of an elected government.
- Food shortages and economic depression resulted in demonstrati-ons.
- Tsar crushed these with brutal force.
- Tsar thought the war he waged against japan would gain him popularity,
- Russia suffered humilliating defeats
- Revolution in 1905
- Caused by the growing resentment for the tsar
- Began as a peaceful demonstrati-on at the winter palace
- Tsar ordered his troops to open fire
- Became known as bloody sunday- violent attacks and seizures of land took place
- Turned into strikes and a naval mutiny
- Tsar endedthe war with japan and issued october manifesto
- 1906
- Tsar had regained some power before the Duma's elections
- imposed the fundamental laws
- Allowed the tsar to dismiss the duma whenever he wanted
- Could issue any law without consulting the duma.
- October manifesto
- Discontent in world war one
- Battle of Masurian lakes (September 1914)
- Out nubered so withdrew (125000 men lost, and artillery)
- Conscription
- Compulsary for people to join ( nearly 3 million lost by 1916)
- Tsar as leader(1915)
- Took over the front line and left tsarina in charge.
- Rasputin
- Supposed to be helping son, made important decisions, influenced tsarina
- Economic problems and discontent
- Battle of Tannenburg (1914)
- Between Russia and German- total destruction of Russian second army (german's used trains, 7000 killed, 50000 taken prisoner)
- Battle of Masurian lakes (September 1914)
- The february revolution
- The bad winter
- Worst winter in living memory
- Severe food and fuel shortages
- Strikes
- People were starving so decided to strike
- This sparked the revolution and gave people the confidence to rebel.
- Soldiers
- The army started turning against the tsar
- There was mutiny and they took sides with the protesters
- The Duma
- The duma took over power of the government
- The provisional government emerged out of it.
- The bad winter
- Difficulties facing Russia at the start of the 20th century
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