2. Causes of the March revolution Flashcards

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How did WW1 lead to the March revolution?

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Heavy defeats
Economic problems
Food shortages
Transport problems

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A. Heavy defeats during WW1

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Masurian Lake
Tannenberg
Failure of Brusilov Offensive

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A. Why did heavy defeats lead to a revolution?

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People saw the military command as useless / poor strategically
Lowered morale

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A. What year did the Tsar take personal control of the army?

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1915

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B. What economic problems did the war create?

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Increased inflation
Industry + agriculture couldn’t meet demands of war- backlog

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B. How did the failing economy impact Russia’s situation?

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Had to increase money supply by:
Increasing taxes,
Heavy borrowing.
Took currency off gold standard - lead to inflation

Wages doubled, prices quadrupled.

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C. What was the food sitch in Russia during the war?

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Requisitioning of food
Lack of fertilisers
Army controlled the transport - food couldn’t reach the cities
Inflation made trading unprofitable so peasants stopped selling.

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C. Why did the food sitch impact the Russian people?

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Eating less food:
Residents of Petrograd during war ate 1/4 of 1914 diet.

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