"How significant was economic distress in the revolution of February/March 1917?" - [25 marks] - Advantages and disadvantages table in A Level and IB History

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	"How significant was economic distress in the revolution of February/March 1917?" - [25 marks]
	AdvantagesGetting Started ECONOMIC DISTRESS: > Requisitioning - took horses who worked the fields, able-bodied men conscripted to army (less people to grow grain), grain produced taken to feed army, so pensants and workers in big cities starved > Inflation 200% in 1917 > Big increase in strikes: 1912 - 750,000 workers on strike, 1917 - 1,450,000 workers on strike > Workers loosing their jobs due to lack of raw materials so factories shutting down > Not enough equipment for soldiers. Munitions Crisis 1915, only 3 shells per day. Only one rifle for every three soldiers > Majority of peasants living in poverty > Transport failures - only one railway due to lack of industrialisation, couldn't keep up with demand >> What pushed the start of the Feb Rev? - The announcement in Feb that bread rationing was to start on March 1st. 1917, only 48% of grain requirement for Petrograd reached Soldiers rations cut in 1916 from 4,000 cal to 2,000	Disadvantages > Tired of war, incompetent leaders - Tzar as commander-in-chief and generals who didn't co-operate. + humiliating military defeats (Battle of Tannenburg - 300,000 dead/wounded) low morale > Distrust of Tsarina - believed to be German spy and under the influence of Rasputin > Failures of management - Inefficient transport organisation, food left to rot by side of railway > Failures of the Tzar - Personality wise. The 1905 Revolution led to the October manifesto, people expected change. Noting really changed. People lost confidence in the Tsarist regime by Feb 1917
	Evaluation Overall the economic distress provided a catalyst for the February revolution to take place in 1917 as the tipping point for revolution was the announcement of bread rationing for March 1st. The background of mass inflation, lack of food in all areas (cities, countryside, and front lines), lack of work and bad management from those in charge had reached a tipping point in 1917. Although other factors also played a role too, as the Tsars failures on the front lines and his resistance to change and the Tsarinas poor management served to make the economic situation of Russia worse and increase general discontent.

"How significant was economic distress in the revolution of February/March 1917?" - [25 marks]

AdvantagesGetting Started

ECONOMIC DISTRESS:
> Requisitioning - took horses who worked the fields, able-bodied men conscripted to army (less people to grow grain), grain produced taken to feed army, so pensants and workers in big cities starved
> Inflation 200% in 1917
> Big increase in strikes: 1912 - 750,000 workers on strike, 1917 - 1,450,000 workers on strike
> Workers loosing their jobs due to lack of raw materials so factories shutting down
> Not enough equipment for soldiers. Munitions Crisis 1915, only 3 shells per day. Only one rifle for every three soldiers
> Majority of peasants living in poverty
> Transport failures - only one railway due to lack of industrialisation, couldn't keep up with demand
>> What pushed the start of the Feb Rev? - The announcement in Feb that bread rationing was to start on March 1st.
1917, only 48% of grain requirement for Petrograd reached
Soldiers rations cut in 1916 from 4,000 cal to 2,000

Disadvantages

> Tired of war, incompetent leaders - Tzar as commander-in-chief and generals who didn't co-operate. + humiliating military defeats (Battle of Tannenburg - 300,000 dead/wounded) low morale
> Distrust of Tsarina - believed to be German spy and under the influence of Rasputin
> Failures of management - Inefficient transport organisation, food left to rot by side of railway
> Failures of the Tzar - Personality wise. The 1905 Revolution led to the October manifesto, people expected change. Noting really changed. People lost confidence in the Tsarist regime by Feb 1917

Evaluation

Overall the economic distress provided a catalyst for the February revolution to take place in 1917 as the tipping point for revolution was the announcement of bread rationing for March 1st. The background of mass inflation, lack of food in all areas (cities, countryside, and front lines), lack of work and bad management from those in charge had reached a tipping point in 1917. Although other factors also played a role too, as the Tsars failures on the front lines and his resistance to change and the Tsarinas poor management served to make the economic situation of Russia worse and increase general discontent.

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"How significant was economic distress in the revolution of February/March 1917?" - [25 marks]