Causes Of Feb Revoultion 1917/conditions Of Russia Beforethr Revoultion

Question 1

What were the main causes of the Feb revolution

Answer 1

1)Unpopular tsar
2)Economic hardhsips
3)dire social conditions
4)weak political system

Question 2

How did the war make social conditions worse (conditions before feb revolution)

Answer 2

1)long queues to buy bread (massive factor for Feb rev)

2)Unemployment soared
As:non-milatarty factories were closed)

3)300% cost of living increase

4)huge strikes in the cities
Moscow-3oooo people
Petrograd-145,000 people

Question 3

How did the war make economic conditions worse (conditions before feb revolution)

Answer 3

1)Russian trade came to a virtual standstill (because of Germany’s naval blockades)

2)damage on grain exports/industrialisation caused hyperinflation
Due to:
shortage of labours(because of conscription)
/breakdown in transportation(used to transport men/goods instead)

Question 4

Why was the tsar unpopular (conditions of Russia before revolution)

Answer 4

1)made poor decisions: refused the share any real power with the Duma

2)His awful personality
He was stubborn/saw advice as criticism
This meant: he remained responsible for Russia’s problems

3)taking control of army
This made him directly responsible for everything the war was impacting/war failures

Question 5

How the war contributed for the food shortages (economic/social conditions before revolution)

Answer 5

1)million of men’s conscripted
Caused: labour shortages in fields/factories

2)food was prioritised to army

3)Railways prioritised transporting army/supplies

Question 6

Reasons for

Question 7

Why the weak Tsarist government was a reason for the Feb revolution

Answer 7

1)frustration of Autocratic rule

2)Soical inequality

3)Economic failure

Question 8

Evidence for the Governemnts economic failure

Answer 8

Russia’s economy was largely agricultural/
struggled to keep pace with industrialised Western nations.
The government’s failure to address economic modernization

Question 9

Evidence for weak autocratic rule(one person ruiling)

Answer 9

The Tsar wielded absolute power,
This limited:The duma/stifled reform efforts.
This lack of political representation alienated many segments of society.