Opposition by national minorities PG Flashcards
(10 cards)
Ukriane
March 17th 1917 Ukrainian rada fromed, is protest
: The Third Universal proclaimed Ukraine’s independence from Russia, just after the Bolshevik Revolution. The Ukrainian People’s Republic was declared on November 7, 1917.
Batlics declares autonomy
June 15th-23rd 1917
8 April 1917, nearly 40,000 Estonians, including up to 15,000 soldiers, marched in Petrograd
Finland declare independence
Dec 6th 1917
Poland
November 11, 1918 - claim independence
Polish Corps in Russia grew to about 20,000 men,
Jews
April 1917: The First Congress of the Jewish Socialist Workers’ Party (Poale Zion) called for full equality for Jews and supported the idea of national self-determination within the Russian state.
500,000 Jews living in the Russian Empire at the time, and while not all were involved in politics, hundreds of thousands supported movements
Arab revolt 1917
January 23–24 -Wejh Strategic port secured; safeguarded Mecca
July 6th 1917- Aqaba Key port city captured; opened route to Syria
October 23 Wadi Musa Significant victory over Ottoman forces
Semyonovn’s revolt (kazackh army revolt)
18 November 1917, Semyonov began an anti-Soviet revolt, seizing control of the lower Berezovka train station.
Amount rural
80% population. 75% specifically form soil
How many peasant soilders?
1.5 million
Transcaucasus
March 9, 1917 - demands for self-rule were met by concerns of workers and peasants.
the formation of a** Special Transcaucasian Committee.**