RUSSIA BOOKLET 5 - 1917 REVOLUTION

Question 1

AUGUST 1914 - END OF 1914

Answer 1

AUG 1914
- WORLD WAR II BEGINS - TSAR REMAINS POPULAR WITH PUBLIC
NOV 1914
- RUSSIAN ARMY BEGINNING TO BE DEFEATED, LOW MORALE/MOTIVATION
END OF 1914
- 1 MILL RUSSIAN SOLDIERS DEAD, LACK OF MUNITIONS (27,000/100,000), LACK OF LEADERSHIP (NEPOTISM)

Question 2

EARLY 1915 - SEPT 1915

Answer 2

EARLY 1915
- TSAR TAKES CONTROL OF THE ARMY ON THE FRONT - LEAVES TSARINA IN CHARGE OF RUSSIA ALONGSIDE RASPUTIN
SEPT 1915
- TSAR LEAVES PETROGRAD; TSARINA LABELLED AS ‘GERMAN SPY’, BEGINNING OF DISCONTENT BETWEEN GOV AND PEOPLE

Question 3

1916

Answer 3

• PEOPLE BECOME DISLOYAL TO THE TSAR - GOVERNMENT IS STRUGGLING TO CONTROL POPULATIONS

Question 4

FEB / MARCH 1917

Answer 4

FEB 21ST
- BREAD QUEUES, WOMEN SENT TO WORK AND RUN FACTORIES
FEB 26TH
- TSAR ORDERS FOR POLICE TO SHOOT STRIKERS - POLICE REFUSE TO FOLLOW HIS ORDERS - LOOSING POWER
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
- POLICE GIVE UP ON CONTROLLING POPULATION IN PETROGRAD/MOSCOW - TSAR OFFICIALLY IN TROUBLE
MARCH 2ND
- TSAR OFFICIALLY ABDICATES AND FLEES - ATTEMPTS TO PASS LEADERSHIP TO HIS BROTHER BUT HE REFUSES O TAKE ON THE ROLE

Question 5

CAUSES OF THE FEB REVOLUTION (6)

Answer 5

• DISCONTENT IN TOWNS - INFLATION/FOOD SHORTAGES
• TSAR CONTROLLING ARMY - RESPONSIBLE FOR HIGH DESERTATION RATES AND CASUALTIES
• NEPOTISTIC ARMY - LEADERS CHOSEN VIA LOYALTY TO TSAR THEREFORE LACKING IN KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
• NO WEAPONRY - COLLAPSING ECONOMY; 100 YERAS BEHIND ALL OTHER COUNTRIES IN REGARDS TO DEVELOPMENT
• LEADERSHIP IN PETROGRAD - TSAR LEAVES TSARINA AND RASPUTIN IN CONTROL; TSARINA BACKGROUND (GERMAN) LEADS TO DISCONTENT FROM POPULATION
• ## DROWNING ECONOMY - 100 YEARS BEHIND REST OF WORLD IN REGARDS TO DEVELOPMENT