Russian Revolution Flashcards
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4 mistakes of Czar Nicholas II
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- Involved Russia in the war with japan
- Refused to share power with the duma
- Entered WW1
- Moved his headquarters to the front in 1917
2
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Russia in War with Japan (2)
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- thought the war would take people’s minds off problems at home
- first eastern nation (Japan) to defeat a western power
3
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Reused to share power with Duma (4)
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- Duma: representative group like parliament
- Duma came to power after bloody sunday
- Nicholas opposed much needed political and social reforms
- follows his wife’s advice
4
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Rasputin (3)
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- “the mad monk”
- obtained positions of power for unqualified friends
- told Czarina to ignore reforms
5
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Czar’s wife, Alexandra (2)
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- german born and considered a spy
- mourned Rasputin and failed as a leader
6
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Entered WW1 (7)
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- patriotism unifies Russia to defend motherland
- economy continues to fail
- Nicholas II realizes that he can’t compete with industrialized germany
- The battle of tannenburg
- “It’s an honor to make such a sacrifice for our allies”
- Had enabled French to regroup at the marne
- Schlieffen Plan was defeated at the price of Russian soldier’s lives
7
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Moved headquarters to the front in 1917 (7)
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- loses touch with the people
- bread riots of 1917 spread to St. Petersburg lead by women
- imperial troops join the demonstrators
- government collapses to the revolution
- March 15, 1917: Nicholas is forced to abdicate
- Nicholas II and all other Romanov family members are arrested
- THe Czar and his family are removed from Siberia and executed
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Series of Events leading to revolution #1 (3)
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- Russia fails to industrialize and remains an agricultural country
- Czar Alexander I rules as an autocrat
- 80% of russian people are serfs; nobles treat serfs like slaves
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Series of Events leading to revolution #2 (9)
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- decembrists revolt put down by Czar Nicholas I
- veteran soldiers lead the revolt
- veterans had learned of individual rights during battles inEurope
- soldiers felt Constantine, brother of Czar Nicholas should be Czar
- Czar Nicholas I ruled harshly
- limited education
- used secret police to combat political opposition and put down serf revolts
- Czar Nicholas loses the Crimean war to French and British alliance
- showed the weakness of the Czar’s autocratic government and incompetence of his army
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Series of Events leading to revolution #3 (5)
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_czar Alexander known as “liberator-czar”
- Czar Alexander II establish Zemstvos or local canals
- serfs are freed
- Nihilism created desire for more radical changes
- Narodniki educated serfs
- Narodniki was at odds Czar Alexander II
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Series of Events leading to revolution #4 (5)
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- Alexander II puts faith in autocracy and encourages pogroms
- Czar Nicholas unwillingly replaces Czar Alexander II
- culture flourishes
- people’s rights are ignored
- Czar Nicholas encourages economic changes including Trans-Siberian Railway
12
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Social Revolutionaries
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^Wanted to replace the czar with elected Gov’t
^Peasants would rule and have land
13
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World War 1’s contribution
to the Revolution (3)
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- Troubles in Russia are cooled by patriotic unity in defense of the motherland.
- Russia’s dismal economic conditions continue
- Nicholas realizes he can’t compete with industrialized Germany.
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Alexander Kerensky (2)
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- took charge of provisional government
- momber of the Duma and Soviet
15
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Kerensky’s mistakes (4)
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- continued in WW1
- failed to redistribute land
- allowed Lenin to return after 17 years in exile
- Bolsheviks took control under Leon Trotsky
