Tsarist Regime: 1917 Revolution Flashcards
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Step 1:effect of war
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- Russians were heavily defeated
- 1 million were killed/wounded or taken prisoner by the end of 1914
- many died without weapons
- they blamed the officers
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Step 2: effect of war at home
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- shortage of workers and food
- prices of goods were rising
- unemployment
- people began to lose confidence in the government
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Turning point
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- September 1915, Nicholas takes over the government
- Tsarina was in charge
- people mistrusted her because she was German
- Rasputin gave them a bad reputation
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Step 4: losing support
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- Support for the Tsar and Tsarina began to decrease
- they were blamed for allowing the situation to develop
- the winter of 1916 was very bad
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Step 5: the revolution begins
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- By March 1917, the situation had become desperate.
- there was a serious mood of discontent
- 40,000 workers from a big engineering works went on strike
- more riots from women
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Step 6:the army takes sides
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- March 12 was a decisive day
- the soldiers in Petrograd refused to fire on the crowds
- they joined in with the strikes and the women on the streets and marched to the Duma to demand that it take control of the government
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The 1917 revolution (long) 1
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- March 7th: Patilov steel workers went on strike
- March 10th: c.250,000 workers were on strike. Industry stopped
- March 12th: The Duma took control and set up a Provisional Comittee to take over the government
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The 1917 revolution (long) 2
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- The Tsar ordered the soldiers to break up the strikes by force
- they refused
- the Petrograd Soviet was set up
- 15th March: the Tsar tried to return to Petrograd but was blocked
- He issued a statement announcing his abdication
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The 1917 revolution 3
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-The Tsar’s brother was meant to take over but he refused
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Essay
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- Government
- World War 1
- Strikes/domestic shortages
