#12 Describe several causes of the Russian Revolution

#12 Describe several causes of the Russian Revolution

1. Poor economy/ Leadership/ Rasputin

   • Failure to solve foreign/domestic problems
     • Nicholas II- Poor Leader
     • Duma- No legitimate power
       • Reliance on Rasputin by Alexandra
         • Tsar abdicates

2. Leon Trotsky; Vladimir Lenin; Joseph Stalin

   • Lenin read works of Karl Marx
     • Spread Marxist ideas
       • Lenin called for group to lead revolution; BOLSHEVIKS
         • Germany aided Lenin in returning home after exile; Could weaken Russian gov't

3. Russo-Japanese War/ WWI

   • After Russo-Japanese war, Russia enters WWI weakened
     • Outcome of WWI; Russia falls behind rest of Europe; faith lost in leader