Causes of the 1917 Revolutions- War
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- Created on: 06-04-14 19:41
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- World War One
- Moral dropped after 3 years of little success
- Strain of economic ability
- 15 million peasants were pulled from farms
- Food shortage
- People were angry and hungy
- Peasants were hoarding grain
- "Peasants in uniform" unfit
- Food shortage
- Generals were suspicious of each other, miscommunication and disorganisation of supplies was common
- Nicholas II became Commander-in-Chief in August 1915
- Made him responsible for all war defeats
- Absent from petrograd, not able to control his government
- Rail network was deteriorating
- Supplies not reaching towns
- 18th February 1917- Workers from different factories joined at Putilov Steel Works to strike after a rumour that bread supplies would be cut
- Series of strikes hinted an impending revolution, but the Tsar didn't respond
- 18th February 1917- Workers from different factories joined at Putilov Steel Works to strike after a rumour that bread supplies would be cut
- Army had requisitioned about 1/3 of rolling stock for transportation of soldiers and army supplies
- Supplies not reaching towns
- Living conditions worsening
- 23rd Feb 1917- International Women's Day, thousands gathered to protest about working conditions and food shortages
- Stress rose and people looked for someone to blame which was often Nicholas
- 18th June- June Offensive, lasted two weeks and led to the collapse of the Russian Military
- 20th June- New wave of strikes and demonstrations in Petrograd
- Criticism of Duma
- 2nd March- Nicholas abdicates and the Progressive Bloc formed themselves into a Provisional Government
- Moral dropped after 3 years of little success
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