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February
Revolution
1917
- Military defeats
- 1914 - Invaded East
Germany but was
defeated by their
much smaller army
- 1915 - Germany launched a series
of offensives against the Russian
army. The Russians were beaten
and lost large areas of territory.
- 1916 - Russians did win some
victories against Austrian and
regained some territory. However
German army then attacked for
Austrian and Russia was defeat.
- An estimated two million soldiers were
killed, during the course of the war. Morale
during this time was very low and soldiers
and civilians were looking for someone to
blame.
- Tsar Nicholas II took command of the army in
1915. He left St. Petersburg and moved to army
headquarters in Russian Poland. Tsar knew little
about the command and organisation of large
military forces, and defeats and humiliations
continued. The organisation deteriorated and there
were massive shortages of ammunition,
equipment, and medical supplies. Russian people
saw Nicholas as being personal responsibility for
the military disasters inflicted on Russia.
- 1914 - Invaded East
Germany but was
defeated by their
much smaller army
- Rasputin
- He advised the Tsarina on
appointments to the government; he
interfered in important decisions; he
could do no wrong in the Tsarina's
eyes - excuses were always made for
his excessive, antisocial behaviour.
- To the Russian people,
Rasputin symbolised everything
that was wrong with imperial
government. The court and the
imperial family became objects
of ridicule and were despised. .
- He advised the Tsarina on
appointments to the government; he
interfered in important decisions; he
could do no wrong in the Tsarina's
eyes - excuses were always made for
his excessive, antisocial behaviour.
- Agriculture
- Millions of peasant farmers were conscripted
into the army. This led to a serious shortage
of manpower on the farms and a
corresponding fall in production.
- By 1916, there were serious shortages
of food in the city shops and the price of
even the most basic foods was rising
steeply.
- Millions of peasant farmers were conscripted
into the army. This led to a serious shortage
of manpower on the farms and a
corresponding fall in production.
- Riots
- Winter 1917
- anger on streets from
unemployment, starvation and
desperation
- anger on streets from
unemployment, starvation and
desperation
- Strikes
- Jan - 150,000
workers
demonstrating in
Petrograd on bloody
Sunday anniversary
- 14th feb - 100,000
workers from 58
factories on strike
- 22nd feb - 20,000 more
workers on strike
- 23rd feb - international
women's day lead top
chaos due to an estimate
240,000 on streets
- 24th, 25th and 26th - crowds
grew, lots of violence and
anger, more crowds turning
over tsarist statues, waving
red flags and shouting
revolutionary slogans calling
an end to stardom.
- 25th feb - 200,000 on strike
(over half of the capitals
workforce) Uncontrollable looting,
violence, vandalism and
drunkenness
- Jan - 150,000
workers
demonstrating in
Petrograd on bloody
Sunday anniversary
- Winter 1917
- Tsar Nicholas' Mistakes
- 26th - Ordered Duma's to close but they refused
- Dumas then formed a special
committee of representative of
the main poli8tical parties to
debate Russia's future
- generals of the army changed their minds
and demanded troops to stop attack of
strikers and give support to dumas
- Dumas then formed a special
committee of representative of
the main poli8tical parties to
debate Russia's future
- Tsar ordered to restore
power using military
forces, 40 demonstrators
killed, 66,000 men
mutinied as a
consequences and joined
protestors.
- Made riot become revolution.
- Made riot become revolution.
- 26th - Ordered Duma's to close but they refused
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