Eve of the February Revolution

Question 1

Mistakes of the tsar

Answer 1

• he took control of the army even with little experience and was responsible for defeats
  -left the country running by the tsarina
  -after the war people blamed the tsar for the war

Question 2

Tsarina

Answer 2

-Tsarina got rid of good advisers there were so manychanges that it harmed organisation
-she refused to take advice from the middle class dumas
-she was german so people accused her of being a spy
-she was influenced by rasputin who people didn’t like

Question 3

Military

Answer 3

-defeats caused morale of soldiers to fall and desertation became commen-25%
-high casualties led to opposition e.g. women lying on train tracks

Question 4

Socio-Economic

Answer 4

-Petrograd expreienced the worst winter, temp fell below -30 and there was little food or fuel
-shortage of food as few people to work the land
-shortage of vital resources of coal, iron and steel as many factories had to close
-inadequate transport system so hard to get supplies and recourses when needed
-inflation-7 price rises in 4 years