What problems did the Provisional Government face? After the February Revolution which saw the fall of the Tsar‚ a Provisional Government was set up. Formed from the Duma or representative assembly‚ which had existed under the Tsar‚ the new government was a weak and unstable grouping of politicians trying desperately to gain some control over events. Led initially by Prince Lvov and after July 1917 by Kerensky‚ the Provisional Government faced the same problems as the Tsar and was unable to offer
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was the separation of the Social Democrats who became known as the Mensheviks and Bolsheviks in 1903. This was because some members of the what was to become the Bolsheviks‚ wanted to have a violent revolution‚ whereas the other members wanted to wait until the capitalist stage of the Marxist theory was complete as Russia was not ready for a proletarian revolution. This was the idea of the members who were to become the Mensheviks. However‚ whilst this was happening‚ another progressive feature of
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The 1905 Russian Revolution was the first of the revolutions that took place in attempt to overthrow Russia ’s Tsarist (or Imperial Autocracy) regime. The revolution broke out in 1905 because of the public unrest and economic depression caused by the Russo-Japanese war in 1904-5; and because of the "Bloody Sunday" of January 9th‚ 1905. The significance of the 1905 Revolution was determined by the October Manifesto‚ which was the Tsar ’s response to the revolution‚ and by the Tsarist-opposing parties
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Russia in 1894 Politically backward Repression – the okhrana Extremism – denial of free speech led to extremism Most of Russia’s population were peasants – over 80% Decline in agriculture Large army = cost a lot more money The early reign of Nicholas II‚ 1894-1905 Came to throne in 1894 Russification – Russian was declared to be the official first language; all legal proceedings such as trials had to be conducted in Russian. Restricted the influence of the non-Russian national minorities
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who were angered by the industrialisation. The Social Democrats later split into two groups the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks. The Bolsheviks were an exclusive group ran by Vladimir Lenin. To be part of this revolutionary group you had to be a dedicated revolutionist. They avoided helping the other revolutionary parties as they believed that it slowed the process. Whereas‚ the Mensheviks were an open organisation that still had the same ideas when it came to revolutionising Russia as the Bolsheviks
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Revolutionary Party (SR). | |1903 |Second Congress of Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. Beginning of split between Bolsheviks and | | |Mensheviks. | |1904–5 |Russo-Japanese War; Russia loses war. | |1905
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RUSSIA & THE SOVIET UNION 1917-1941 TIMELINE 1917 -‐ Bolshevik or ‘October’ Revolution 1917 -‐ Treaty of Brest-‐Litovsk signed 1918 -‐ Start of the Civil War. ‘War Communism’ introduced 1919 -‐ Formation of ‘Comintern’ 1921 -‐ End of Civil War. Kronstadt uprising. Introduction of the ‘NEP’.
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Why was the Tsar overthrown in February 1917? Was it the work of revolutionaries like Lenin and Trotsky? Certainly not - they were mostly either in prison or in exile. Lenin had said in 1916 that he feared he would not live to see a revolution in Russia! Was it the War? The war certainly had a serious impact on all aspects of Russian society. Defeats undermined the army‚ and economic problems alienated much of the population. Lack of food and fuel in the cruel winter of 1916-1917 certainly
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Trotsky was born Lev Davidovich Bronstein on November 7‚ 1879‚ in what is today known as Ukraine. He was the fifth child of a wealthy farmer‚ David Leontyevich Bronstein‚ and Anna Bronstein. The family was ethnically Jewish but not religious. At the age of nine‚ Trotsky was sent to Odessa to attend school‚ and as Deutscher points out in his biography‚ ‘Odessa was then a bustling cosmopolitan port city‚ very unlike the typical Russian city of the time. This environment contributed to the development
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The Russian Revolution of 1917 was one of the most significant events in the 20th century. It completely changed the government and outlook on life in the very large country of Russia. The events of the revolution were a direct result of the growing conflict in World War I‚ but the significance of an empire collapsing and a people rising up extends beyond the war effort. In 1914‚ Russia entered the war with much vigor. However‚ their enthusiasm was not enough to sustain them and the army suffered
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