chapter 2 feb revolution

Question 1

what tensions caused the feb revolution

Answer 1

tsar being stupid the war front meant he didn’t always knownwhat happening at Petrograd. Soldiers garrisoned in Petrograd were willing to turn against the tsar. Price rises caused people to resort to this….
- president told tsar to remove tsarina, he said no, only way to save, no, so, feb revoltion happened

• constant protests

Question 2

what happened in feb revoltion to mick it off

Answer 2

• started when strikes happened such as putilov works and food riots in Petrograd
• then (23rd feb) - INTERNATIONAL WOMEN DAYS spontaneous and not organised by political party: unlike October, it differen.t. this meant large numbers of women join 100k stikers and demonate petrograd streets

Question 3

what was the tsars respondse? why did it completely not work

what happened next

Answer 3

• (26th) tsar thought they be put down, but mutinies happened instead… and army deserted so a lot of this didnt happen
• SOVIETS BEGIGNING TO PIP UP WROUND THE COUNTRY. Petrograd most important in capital however, made up of reps of army garrison and factor workers, actual electoral mandate, 3000 people in total. these were made up of mostly SRs and Mensheviks, BOLSHEVIKS AT THIS TIME STILL WEAK

28th February soldiers refused to fire and joined the riots instead. by now shops are looted and nicholas orders duma to dissolve, it does, but 12 man form a ‘provisional comitee’ instead

Question 4

what finally happens in march

what does the provisional government consist of

Answer 4

1st- petrograd soviet issue order number 1 which transfers all authortiy from army officers to ellected reps in soviets

-2nd march tsar forced to abdicate even though he wanted to come back. he gives succesuion to grand duke michael who refuses=- romanov dynsasty gone

3rd march- proviional comitee name provisional government and responsible for ruling the country
= kerensky part of it, MOST OF 4th DUMA and liberals. prince LVOV becomes prime minister

Question 5

why romanov rule came to end

Answer 5

• russia japanese war
• 1905 revoltuion and bloody sunday-
• not adhering to those promises of duma
• failure to win ww1 and his own failure to lead country and army here
• growing crisis of food etc and general discontent with fundamentals of russia
• opposition to tsar giving ideas
• spontaneous protests and international womens day