Russian Revolution: Part 2 Flashcards
Romanovs
- no type of representative political institutions
- Nicholas II became czar in 1884
- last ruler from the Romanov family
- believed that he was the absolute ruler anointed by God
- Dynasty of rulers in Russia
- ruled for 300 years until overthrown by the Communists
- power virtually unlimited-absolute authority
- during the 1800’s were facing many problems-unrest
Czar Nicholas
- poor and ineffective leader
- also a terrible military leader
- relied on a mystic - Rasputin
- Rasputin further mislead Russia in politics
- eventually killed by the people
- Industrializing - Russia had started to, but were still behind the rest of the world
Russo-Japanese War (1904-05)
- results
- Japan gained much respect and prestige
- the war was mismanaged by the Czar Nicholas and his advisers
- Russian people upset and blame the government-demand reforms
- the US gained some prestige and Roosevelt is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
- Russia was shown as very weak and inefficient
- harsh defeat
- shortage of food and weapons
- morale in the Russian army = hit rock bottom
- Czar Nicholas II very unpopular
Revolution
- due to Nicholas poor leadership, war failure and lack of reforms to better Russia, the people begin to revolt
- the Bolsheviks actually are very small number who lead the revolt
- – Bolshevik in Russian means majority
- – able to gain support among the army
- – later changed name to Communists
- – adopted the color red
- – opposed by the whites who were aided by the allies
- – white defeated in 1921 – Civil War
- – Slogan was Land, Peace, Bread
besides suffering high causalities during world war i, the russian army was also plagued by _______
- desertion
the surge of nationalism during world war i that quelled the unrest in Russia was short lived because
- food was diverted to the troops, leaving the people hungry
- russians suffered a series of defeats
- lack of infrastructure made transporting supplies difficult
when things looked particularly bleak for Czar Nicholas, one thing that stymied the inevitable Russian revolution was ______
- a surge in nationalism brought on by world war i
as poor of a czar as Nicholas was, he was even worse at _____
- leading the military
under czar Nicholas in Russia, the people had _____ representation in their government
- no
during world war i, czar Nicholas and his wife Alexandra lost credibility with their people because ________
- they relied too heavily on Rasputin, a mystic
one similarity between the French Revolution and the russian revolution is that _______
- the people starved while leaders lived extravagantly
prior to world war i, ______ was the only true autocracy left
- Russia
in addition to being unpopular because of the harsh conditions in Russia during world war i, Czar Nicholas and his wife were also unpopular because
- their association with the mystic, Rasputin, was too close
after czar Nicholas abdicated his throne in Russia, ________
- a provisional government was put in place
