2. Causes of the March revolution

Question 1

How did WW1 lead to the March revolution?

Answer 1

Heavy defeats
Economic problems
Food shortages
Transport problems

Question 2

A. Heavy defeats during WW1

Answer 2

Masurian Lake
Tannenberg
Failure of Brusilov Offensive

Question 3

A. Why did heavy defeats lead to a revolution?

Answer 3

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

Question 4

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

Answer 4

1915

Question 5

B. What economic problems did the war create?

Answer 5

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

Question 6

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

Answer 6

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

Wages doubled, prices quadrupled.

Question 7

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

Answer 7

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

Question 8

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

Answer 8

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