1917 - Plan Flashcards
1
Q
Background 1
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- Nicholas II crowned 1894
- Attempts to continue autocracy
2
Q
Background 2
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- Russia difficult to govern
- 6% farmable land
- Large country so lots of different needs due to different ethnic groups
3
Q
Background 3
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- 1905 revolution
- Ongoing strikes + working class unrest
4
Q
Factors
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- Workers
- Peasantry
- Nicholas II
- Tsarina
- WW1
5
Q
Chosen Factors
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- Workers
- Peasants
- WW1
6
Q
Line of Argument
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- WW1 was important in causing February Revolution
7
Q
WO - K1
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- Lena Gold Mine Strikes
- Even after 1905 revolution
- Punished harshly
- Over 200 killed
8
Q
WO - K2
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- Shortages due to WW1
- Petrograd far away from farmland so difficult to supply food
- Food prices had quadrupled while wages only doubled by 1917
9
Q
WO - A1
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- Workers unable to express political opinion without punishment
- Drove many to more extreme actions
10
Q
WO - A2
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- Urban workers unhappy due to lack of food + high prices
- Unrest rose due to shortages
11
Q
WO - A+
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- Other countries doing much worse with rationing
- Turkey, Autria-Hungary, + Germany doing very poorly
- Didn’t lead to revolution in any other country
12
Q
WO - E
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- Main thing angering workers caused by WW1
- Shortages of food caused by poor rail network + loss of farmable land in Poland. Petrograd only received 1/4 bread it received before war
- Refugees flooding to cities made conditions worse, refugees also caused by war.
13
Q
P - K1
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- Terrible living conditions
- Life expectancy of 40
- Poor housing
14
Q
P - K2
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- Farmers forced to move back from Siberia due to conditions being too harsh
- Land shortages still an issue
15
Q
P - A1
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- Unsatisfied which led to discontent and unrest
- More likely to revolt + turn against Tsar