WW1 Flashcards
when did it take place?
under whose rule?
1914-18
N2, prov gov, lenin
why was russia involved in war?
- failure to resolve eastern question (issues arising due to instability & collapse of Ottoman Empire)
- deteriation in relations with Austria- Hungary
what did Russian mobilisation order result from?
austria-hungarys declaration of war on Serbia (russia obligated to support fellow slavs)
how many Russian casualties?
how did this contribute to N2s abdication?
8mil casualties
bc he was incompetent as a war time leader
when did war end for russia?
what treaty sealed this?
what did treaty state?
dec 1917
treaty of Brest-litovsk
negotiated between bolsheviks and Germany- soviet russia forced to pay reparations and give up territory to germans
why was war necessary for russia?
bc for autocracy to disappear altogether war had to happen
what did military failures result in?
economic challenges- impacted on daily lives on the Russian home front- social unrest grew to new extremes
what did authorities struggle to cope with?
scale of coordination needed between military and industry- drastic change in gov needed to avoid anarchy
what did war result in for tsars?
examples?
huge errors:
- terrible personal control of armed forces
- absense in capital left power void
- handed control of domestic/political affairs to his German wife (her background + Rasputin was resented among Russians)
what was the result of prov gov?
positive development but its downfall was due to cont of war
why was war arguably not a turning point?
2 reasons?
tsars had been struggling with issue of constitutional reform for decades
ppl knew N2 was incompetent leader and was only a matter of time until he was deposed
what did workers do before war began?
3 example of help for workers
opposition to govt had gathered momentum before war even begun
legalisation of political parties, growth of trade unions & establishment of soviets helped worker consciousness emerge
