Revolution: Febuary 1917 Flashcards
Febuary Revolution 1917
Society?
• workers start reading radical things so that become more radical and have more Soviet support
• political freedoms of Speedy granted as well as loads of other freedoms such as the Freedom of conscious and the Freedom of lots of stuff
• the soviets are workers committees and they fight for the rights of the workers including increased pay better conditions and decreased hours
– this further increases their support as they become half of the new government as the petrogrand Soviet is the other house in the dual power system
• the peasants little father is dead this may upset them however less Nobles mean more land for the peasants which is nice
• now the provisional governments is in charge there is less of a need for traditional societal practices however the provisional government is not around for long enough due to the war and the October revolution to see any major societal changes other than increased freedoms
Febuary Revolution 1917
Politics?
• main political outcome of the 1917 February Revolution in Russia was the end of the tsarest autocratic Dynasty and the formation of pseudo democratic provisional government
• the political parties in the provisional government showed the diverse range of political ideals that were all cooperating poorly in the war
• the Revolution also saw desertion from soldiers as both their in peasants flopped to take noble land
– guards also desert to join the demonstrators
• has Nicholas decides a 1915 he is the commandering sheath it means that at the front once he abdicates the army falls into the hands of all of his commanders which may lead to campaign issues on the direction of how to progress in the war
• the police chief was killed 22nd of February on international women’s day
• 66,000 soldiers mutiny when Nicholas orders fire upon the demonstrators from the front
• political prisoners from nicholas’s reign were released by the provisional government when they got into power
• a reason why the provisional government continued with the war is because the allies had secretly promised them but if they continue to help then they would gain access to the Black Sea which would be beneficial to Russia’s future
Febuary Revolution 1917
Nationalities?
Crucially throughout the Revolution a percentage of the army continued to fight the war partly to win the war and partly to keep control of vital territories such as Poland for industry and Ukraine for grain
It was important for the provisional government as well as tsar to continue the war as at this points in time while Russia still was in control of the grain producing Ukraine
they had lost the industrial Center that was Poland and they needed to continue the war to make sure they didn’t lose it forever
This time the conscription rebellion was still going on and it was possibly prolonged due to the Revolution loosening Russia’s grip on the central Asian nationalities
– as the provisional government would stay focused on the Western Front and have less of a focus on the central Asian nationalities increasing the chance that they would continue to oppose Russia
Febuary Revolution 1917
Economy?
• strikes started in January the 9th 1917 to mark the anniversary of Bloody Sunday these strikes words do with the war as well as low food rations and conditions
– rise in food prices was met with a 300% cost of living increase
– the striking situation in Russia was also highly negative on the economy due to the fact that it’s fuels itself:
– v production leads to ^ food prices which leads to strikes which leads to v production
• this escalated however on the 22nd of February on international women’s day as more people and workers came out to strike and this strike slowly turned into a political one
• nevertheless the strike meant that there was a decrease in production
– furthermore the large majority of Russia’s industry was located in Poland which was currently under German and Austria-hungry control
• as well as the fact Germany was a major importer of Russian goods so the war was not good for the economy cuz battling their major source of income
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Febuary Revolution 1917
Turning Point?
The major turning point of the February revolution in 1917 was the fact that Nicholas and the Romanov Dynasty had ended
and the dual power system the provisional government as well as radical workers and soviets were now the dominant form of governments even if they weren’t legitimate in Russia
• this discourse between the power systems of the provisional governments would lead to the October revolution a few months later which would then see another political change from that of a pseudo democracy to a communist one party state
