Pre-revolution Flashcards
What were 3 consequences of the war
- Huge increase in living cost
- Inflation/ famine
- Unemployment
Why was there Inflation
- Increased tax to pay for war
- Shortage of men to work
- Peasants were hoarding food
- Western Russia overrun with Germans removing industrial capacity m
What was unemployment like
- Non-military factories forced to close
2. In January 1917 175,000 workers went on strike in Moscow and Petrograd
Outline what corse of the feb revolution
- Violet exchanges in bread queues
- People joined the women’s march
- People were singing French Revolution song
- Cossacks refuses to attack
- Mutiny in the army
- Duma presents earned Tsar but was ignored
How did the Petrograd soviet emerge
Under pressure from soldiers and Kronstadt naval base, each regiment should elect represtotves to the soviet
Order No.1
- March 1st
- Military commission of Duma to be obeyed if agreed to by soviet
- All weapons to be controlled by soldiers
Who dominated the executive committee of the soviet
Kerensky
Provisional government
- Mikhail gave them political authority
2. Made up of liberals and Kadets
What was the agreement between PG and PS
PG should be obeyed when agreed with by PS
What did the PG promise
- To hold elections to draw a new constitution
2. Power of state not to be based of coercion
What were the two main points of disagreement between PG and PS
- PG wanted order restored to town and army, PS wanted authority defied
- PG wanted to keep fighting until a ‘just peace’, PS wanted end to war without annexation
Why was the PG in a very difficult position
- War was unpopular but relied on French and British loans for survival
- Promised an election for new constitution but was clear SRs would win the vote
Why was it nothing got done
PS had not experience ruling
