russian revolution Flashcards
describe liberals, radicals and conservatives
L- reps, parliamentary, laws, judiciary but no UAF
R- suffragette, socialists
C- opposed but inevitable, gradual
what issues did industrialization bring? what was the solution?
long hours, low wage, unemployment(low demand), living conditions(rapid growth)
rally, political parties- health and ed, socialist,nation ex: giuseppe mazzini
why were socialists against private property
root of all social ills.owners were concerned for themselves not welfare of workers. attention to collective social interests
socialism vs capitalism vs communism
pvt property - lmt . total . no
govt - some. no. fully
based on - equal. individual work. needs
causes of the Russian revolution - 1914
- anti-czarist feelings+tsarinina
- food/labor shortage, supplies blocked,
- industrialization effects, railways
- socialist revolutionary ,social democrats
cause of 1905 revolution
1904- industrialization- bloody Sunday- demanded a constituent assembly
1905 duma or parliament
February revolution- 1917
22- lockout- right bank(worker’s quarter)
23- strike- left bank-curfew-disperse
24- return - monitored by police
25-suspend duma
26- return with force
27- police hq ransacked- soldiers joined- Petrograd soviet
28- advised tsar to abdicate
2 march- abdicated, provisional govt- brought down monarchy
why were the ppl still not happy?
- army, land owners and industrialists formed govt. no poor workers and farmers
- soviets were formed. few civil rights given. no elections
- common ppl wanted war to stop. govt. cont
what is the April theses?
given by Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin
1. stop war 2. land transferred to peasants 3. nationalize banks
rename bolshevik party to communist party
post october revolution
most banks and industries nationalised houses divided by requirement banned old titles of aristocracy new uniform - budeonovka russian communist party one party state- parliment secret police- cheka
october revolution
provisional govt (alexandar kerenskii) vs bolsheviks (lenin)
soviet apt military revolutionary commitee under leon trotskii
24th october
pro govt troups seized telephone and telegraph office
aurora shelled winter palace
by december bolsheviks controlled moscow petrograd area