Causes of February Revolution Flashcards
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LT Causes
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- BLOODY SUNDAY MASSACRE 1905, BROKE THE BOND BETWEEN THE TSAR AND HIS PEOPLE, DISCONTENT STILL SURROUNDING THESE EVENT, HIGHLIGHTED BY 150,000 PETROGRAD WORKERS ON STRIKE JAN 1917 ON THE ANNIVERSARY
- RUSSIA UNABLE TO SOLVE LAND HUNGER ISSUE, 1% OF POPULATION NOBILITY BUT OWNED 25% OF THE LAND, HIGH LEVEL OF EXPLOITATION WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR WORKER UNREST AND POLITICAL AGITATION
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WW1
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- DEMANDS OF THE WAR EFFORT BROUGHT NEAR FAMINE CONDITIONS TO URBAN CENTRES. FOOD DESTINED FOR CITIES ROTTED ON THE RAILWAY PLATFORMS AS THEY WERE DIVERTED TO THE FRONT LINE FIRST
- FAILING WAR EFFORT CAUSED ARMY TO LOSE SUPPORT FOR TSAR, GENERAL KRIMOV INFORMED RODZIANKO THAT THE ARMY HAD LOW CONFIDENCE IN THE TSAR AND WOULD SUPPORT A DUMA APPOINTED GOVERNMENT
- 300% RISE IN COST OF LIVING CAUSED BY THE WAR
- 1.5 DESERTIONS IN 1916
- MONEY VIRTUALLY WORTHLESS BY 1917
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FATAL DECISIONS
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- NICHOLAS II APPOINTED HIMSELF AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, THEREFORE HE WAS PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR RUSSIAN DEFEATS
- NICHOLAS LEFT THE CAPITAL TO RUN THE WAR EFFORT, LEAVING HIS WIFE AND RASPUTIN IN CONTROL OF DOMESTIC AFFAIRS
- CLOSED DOWN THE ZEMSTVAS WHICH HAD BEEN EFFECTIVELY ORGANISING THE WAR EFFORT AT A LOCAL LEVEL WERE CLOSED AS THE TSAR WAS THREATENED BY THEIR DEMOCRATIC STRUCTURE.
