4 Flashcards
what did the duma do in reaction to the failing of the war?
-in july 1915 they were allowed by the tsar to reassemble
-they then asked if they could replace his cabinet in the duma and when the tsar refused to create the “ministry of national confidence” 236/422 of the duma deputies formed the progressive bloc which was intended to avoid revolution in order to allow the government to finish the war
-the tsar saw them as an enemy and refused to work with them
-this then became a source of political resistance
what was the role of rasputin?
-he was a certain man in russia long ago who was rumoured to have magical abilities and he became extremely popular
-when Alexeis haemophilia was “cured” (likely made better by taking him off of his harmful drugs and speaking in a calming way) the tsar and tsarina felt very grateful towards him and the tsarina even called him her “confidant”
-when N2 went out to be commander in chief he took over with the tsarina in running the country
what were the rumours that rasputin faced?
-sexual relations with the tsarina (many pornographic cartoons of them were circling petrograd in 1917)
-messing with the government and manipulating the german tsarina into this (although this was likely untrue and he even improved situations by reorganising the medical equipment supplies)
why did the aristocracy kill rasputin?
-december 1916
-they wanted to remove the threat of him due to the publics speculations
-this proved the tsars incompetence and had damaged his reputation to a point of no recovery
what is the western historians view on the cause of the revolution?
the tsarist regime was making progress in terms of reforms made by the duma and the agricultural situation but WW1 caused the collapse of the tsarist regime and without the stress of war russia could have continued to improve
what is the revisionist historians view of the cause of the 1917 feb revolution?
the fall of the tsar was due to long term social, political and economic problems. Ww1 may have hurried the revolution along but the tsarist regime still wouldn’t have progressed far into the 20th century
when did the rev start and with what event?
-jan 9th people went out to strike in commemoration of bloody sunday
-the strike grows into 100000 workers by the 14th feb
-18th feb when the strikes began at the pulitov factory’s in petrograd 20000 workers are locked out of the factory
-they were striking in reaction to the rumours about rationing bread
what happened on international women’s day
-23rd feb
-women formed strikes to demand equal rights for women and to protest for food and the end of the way
when was the general strike in february?
-25th feb
-petrograd became paralysed by a citywide strike and violence clashes with the police
what was the desertion of the petrograd garrison ?
-26th feb/27th feb
-a group of troops just gave up fighting the protesters after orders from the tsar
-this would be due to the growing sympathy for them and not wanting to shoot their own people anymore
what happened for the duma during the feb rev?
-27th feb
-breakaway members of the duma formed the provisional committee and the petrograd soviet reformed and the duma and the petrograd soviet met the next day to discuss the course of action
what happens on the 1st march
the provisional government is recognised by France and Britain as the official government or russia
what happens on the 2nd march 1917?
the tsar abdicated in favour of his brother but when he refused the provisional committee took power (provisional government)
