march 1917 revolution Flashcards
1
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social factors
factories
A
- manager locked workers out of factories after pay talk (enraging them)
- 50 factories had closed down
2
Q
social factors
food shortage
conditions
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- people wanted bread (woman had broken a window to get some)
- the freezing weather ruined railways
- resources like oil, grain, wood, and coal would plummet
3
Q
political changes
tsar’s attempt
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- tsar would attemp to share power with the Duma leader but was declined
- Duma leader said that it was far too late for his power to be of use
duma leader = michael rodznianki
4
Q
political change
provisional committee
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- duma held meeting and created provisional committee
- made up of 12 men
- created to take over government
5
Q
political change
russian government
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- none of tsar’s family wanted or was suit to have power
- russia became a republic
6
Q
political change
petrograd soviet
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- revolutionaries made petrograd soviets
- instantly started organizing food supplie
7
Q
important people
michael rodzianko
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- buma leader
- refused shared power w tsar
- thought that tsar lost control of russia and there was no power to be given
8
Q
improtant people
tsar
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- tsar would flee russia
- he abdicated the throne
- attempted to give power to his son and brother brother but neither were fit for job
9
Q
impact
russia government
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- russia officially becomes a republic (questions power is given to provisional committee or petrograd soviet)
10
Q
impact
tsar’s army
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- tsar would have no army supporting him
- mutiny quickly began
11
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impact
conditions
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- at first society was disorganized (violent, food and fuel supplies were bad)
- after the petrograd soviet, society slowly started to return to normal (food supplies become organized and less violence)
