WW1 Flashcards
What did the Russian people blame the government and military leaders for?
Russia’s not meeting the demands of the world’s first industrial war
Without the war, what would the Tsar have coped with?
Demands for further constitutional reform and changes to government which would quieten the critics
Already a trend that had started after 1905
Little reason to believe that further progress would not be made
What did the military failures of WW1 result in?
Economic pressures, which had a negative impact on the daily lives of Russians
What did these economic pressures result in?
Levels of social unrest not witnessed before
What was the scale and degree of coordinated protest?
Such that the authorities could not cope and only a drastic change in government averted a state of anarchy
Russian casualties
around 8 million-
1.7 million dead, 2.4 million captured
What gave indications that the tsar was not capable of bringing the conflict to a satisfactory end?
The failure of the 1916 Brusilov Offensive and the emergence of attrition warfare
What had prompted NII to take personal control of the armed forces?
The Great Retreat in 1915
When did NII abdicate?
March 1917
What meant the war was unlikely to turn in Russia’s favour?
The domestic upheaval that proceeded after the abdication throughout 1917
When did the Bolsheviks decide to withdraw Russia?
March 1918
What to optimists believe the impact of the war was?
Determined the development of Russian government
Financial cost of the War
3 billion roubles
- Greatly exceeded levels of government expenditure during peacetime.
For example 1913 government expenditure was 1.5 billion roubles
How was the cost of war met?
Borrowing, increases in tax and printing more money, foreign loans, war bonds,
What were conditions for Russian workers during the war?
full employment and a regular and slightly higher income than usual
