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Russia 1 Flashcards

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Marx - Revolution

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“The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains”

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1905 Revolution - Tsar distance

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“God is high in heaven, the Tsar is far away”

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Witte - Mercantilism

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“There is a radical difference between Russia and a colony: Russia is an independent and strong power. She has the right and the strength not to want to be the eternal handmaiden of states which are developed more economically”

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Hill - Russo-Japan War

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“The incompetence and corruption of the autocracy was shown on a vast scale”

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Leo Tolstoy - 1905 Revolution

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“the general dissatisfaction of all classes with the government…(made it) impossible to maintain the form of government except by violence”

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Tsar - Confidence

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“My people love me”

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Rasputin - Tsar

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“The tsar can change his mind from one minute to the next; he’s a sad man, he lacks guts”

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French Ambassador - Tsarism

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“I am obliged to report that at the present moment, the Russian empire is run by lunatics”

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General Brusilov - Tsar as Commander in Chief

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“Everyone knew that Nicholas understood next to nothing about military matters…Faced with a group of soldiers, he was nervous and did not know what to say”

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Tsarina - February Revolution

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“Concessions inevitable. Street fighting continues. Many units gone over to the enemy”

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Tsar - Abdication

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“All around me is treachery, cowardice and deceit”

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Chamberlin - February Revolution

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“The collapse of the Romanov autocracy in March 1917 was one of the most leaderless, spontaneous, anonymous revolutions of all time”

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Figes - February Revolution

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“Collapse is certainly the right word to use, it was not overthrown”

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Fitzpatrick - February Revolution

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“The autocracy collapsed in the face of popular demonstrations and the withdrawal of elite support for the regime”

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Kerensky - Dual authority

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“The Provisional Government had authority without power whilst the Soviet had power without authority”

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Trotsky - Dual Authority

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“The dual powerlessness”

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Figes - Cause of Collapse

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“the obstinate refusal of the tsarist regime to concede reforms turned what should have been a political problem into a revolutionary crisis”

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Figes - Consequence of 1905

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“Many of the younger comrades of 1905 were the elders of 1917. They were inspired by its memory and instructed by its lessons.

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Pipes - 1905 Revolution

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“The 1905 Revolution not only failed to resolve Russia’s outstanding problem - estrangement between rulers and ruled - but aggravated it…Russia had gained only a breathing spell

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David Welch - October Manifesto

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“Whether or not you see the October Manifesto as a genuine policy of conciliation, or an attempt to ‘buy off’ the revolutionary movement, it served to split the opposition.”

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CPSU - Bloody Sunday

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“On that day the workers received a bloody lesson. It was their faith in the tsar that was riddled by bullets on that day”

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Petition to Tsar - Bloody Sunday

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“We are treated not like humans [but] like slaves who must suffer a bitter fate and keep silent”

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Fundamental Laws

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“The Sovereign Emperor approves laws; and without his approval no legislative measure can become law”

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Lenin - 1905 Revolution

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“dress rehearsal for the October Revolution”

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General Brusilov - Soldiers

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“Our army is more like an ill-trained militia…such men could not be called soldiers”

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Fitzpatrick - July Days

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“They had talked insurrection, in a general way, but not planned it”

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CPSU - Causes of 1905

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“The economic crisis of 1900-03 had aggravates the hardships of the toiling masses. The war intensified them still further.”

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Figes - WW1

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“The tsarist regime proved much too rigid and unwieldy, too inflexible and set in its ways, too authoritarian and inefficient to adapt itself to the situation as it changed”

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Russian Soldier - WW1

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“There is not much to eat and what we get is foul. Perhaps we’d be better off dead”

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Figes - Nicholas to Front

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“By moving to the Front, Nicholas merely undermined his own authority in the rear”

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Shliapnikov - February Revolution

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“What revolution? Give the workers a pound of bread and the movement will peter out”

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Pipes - Survival of Tsarist Regime

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“The survival of the tsarist regime ultimately depended upon the loyalty of the army”

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Pipes - February Revolution (Tsar)

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He thought he was facing a rebellion not a revolution”

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Figes - October Revolution

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The October Revolution was an “insurrection” not a Revolution”

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Hill - Kornilov Affair

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“Everyone knew that the Bolsheviks had saved Petrograd from Kornilov”

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Unknown - Bolshevik Party

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“Bolshevik party exerted an influence out of proportion to its numbers”

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Working Conditions - Figes

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It was often this issue of respectful treatment, rather than the bread and butter question of wages, which fuelled workers’ strikes and demonstrations.

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Revolutionary Inclination - Figes

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Unable to develop their own independent organisations, they were forced to rely upon the leadership of the revolutionary underground

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Modernity - Figes

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They believed that their power and prestige were being undermined by ‘modernity’ in all its forms - secular beliefs, Western constitutional ideologies and the new urban class

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Cause - Figes

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The revolution had been caused by the decline of the church’s influence

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Fitzpatrick - Kornilov Affair

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Kerensky’s standing had been further damaged by his handling of the Kornilov affair, and the government weakened

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Figes - Kornilov Affair/ June Offensive

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sharp deterioration in army discipline

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Fitzpatrick - Provisional Government

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Despite the seriousness of the land problem and the reports of land seizures from the early summer of 1917, the Provisional Government procrastinated on the issue of land reform

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