AS FP1, Historiography Flashcards
(12 cards)
How did Martin McColgan describe the situation before the February Revolution?
“More and more police reports talked of people being on the edge of despair, especially in Petrograd.”
What does Alpha History attribute as the cause of the July Days?
“The provisional government’s dogged commitment to the war effort radicalised thousands of soldiers and heightened the calls for a socialist revolution.”
What does Catherine Merridale say about the October Revolution?
That it “couldn’t and wouldn’t have happened without Lenin.” and that it “drew on the hope of millions”. However, it would have been “unthinkable” without Trotsky.
How does Catherine Merridale describe the Dual Authority?
“Clumsy Dual Power”, a “clumsy compromise”.
How does Catherine Merridale describe the July days?
A “watershed”.
What is Shiela Fitzpatrick’s view on the October Revolution?
Fitzpatrick claims that it was the people who created the circumstances in which the Bolsheviks could operate.
What does Anthony Wood attribute as an indirect reason for the discontent at the beginning of 1917?
“The government, in order to finance the war, had been printing off millions of rouble notes, and by 1917 inflation was up to four times what they had been in 1914.”
What does Anthony Wood attribute as the cause of the February Revolution?
“A growing criticism of the government, rather than any war-weariness.”
How does Martin Mccolgan describe the disenchantment on the Eastern Front?
“The way in which russian lives were thrown away was particularly objectionable to Russians […] to the Russian soldiers, it rapidly became clear that they were little better than cannon-fodder.”
What does Martin Mccolgan attribute as a reason for increased discontent with the government?
“The facilities prepared for the wounded by those in authority were totally inadequate, and contrasted unfavourably with the provisions made by the Duma, the Zemstva and the City Councils.”
What does Reed Brett say about the attitudes towards war during the period between the revolutions?
“But when the Russian people saw that war was no more successful under the new Government than under the old they turned against the whole policy of war.”
What does Reed Brett attribute as the reason for Lenin’s concessions towards the public?
“Lenin knew that unless the people got satisfaction from the Bolsheviks there would be another swing of public opinion that might sweep away him and his party just as their predecessors had been swept away.”
