Military problems: Although the Russian government managed to mobilise around 15 million men between 14-17‚ mainly conscript’s peasants it was un able to provide for them‚ they lacked basic weaponry‚ and also lacked basic warm clothing and properly footwear as every two rifles were provided for every three men. The army had a significant mass of the army who lacked officers since most had been killed in the early stages. FROM 1916 THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY STARTED TO DECLINE‚ PARTLY
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Consequently‚ until Lenin’s return in April‚ the Bolsheviks were left to decide what the best decisions to make for the party were; they began to support the Provisional Government‚ believing the Marxist’s plan of achieving a Socialist community was being fulfilled. However‚ when Lenin returned to Russia‚ April 3rd 1917‚ he degraded the Provisional Government and the idea of supporting them‚ insisting that all power goes towards the Soviet. Lenin’s sudden change in Bolshevik ideals unsettled the party and
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Bolsheviks overthrow the Provisional Government‚ there were a number of long term factors that led to this revolution. The Provisional government were so weak that it meant that the Bolsheviks were the only party able to seize power in October 1917. The fact that the Provisional Government failed and the Bolsheviks were successful‚ was due to the fact they were a weak government who barely had any support from the Russians due the fact they were meant to just be a replacement government until the elections
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H/W Why did Tsarism collapse in March 1917? 18/01/12 In March 1917 (Gregorian calendar) the Russian Tsarist government collapsed and was replaced by a provisional committee of 12 former duma members and a soviet (union) of workers and soldiers councils in a revolution ending over 300 years of Romanov rule‚ which was celebrated in 1913. This was due to a combination of events such as the Putilov factory strike; beliefs such as the views of the duma and what evidence suggests is the most important
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year of two revolutions Month February March Event Abdication of Nicholas II. Members of the old Duma step forth to create the Provisional Government. Petrograd Soviet comes into existence Order No. 1 of the Petrograd Soviet: • If the
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Bolshevik party‚ took control over Russia and plunged Russian society into a period of extreme left wing control. The causation of Lenin’s decision to urge for a Bolshevik uprising is due to a combination of idea’s and beliefs‚ actions and events which resulted in a seizure of Bolshevik control and new age of democratic assembly for Russia. Following the failure of the July days to seize power by protesters in Petrograd against the Provisional Governments involvement in the War‚ after the disaster of Kerensky’s
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causes can include weaknesses of the Russian monarchy‚ failure of having strong armed forces‚ agricultural backwardness and late industrialization. First World War‚ Tsar Nicholas II mistakes‚ growing peasants unrest‚ bad harvest‚ food shortages‚ famine and growing political opposition can be regarded as short-term causes which determined the downfall of the Tsardom. The Revolution in February and abdication of Nicholas II led to the creation of the Provisional Government led by Prince Lvov. LONG-TERM
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form of Russian army defeated. government supervised trade government” Embarrassing and incompetent and inadequate government. unions) Still used and believed in Proved how backward and oldOvercrowding in living backward and classic ways of ruling Russia fashioned they were compared conditions Though he was always right to the rest of the world Cholera outbreak every three politically Figes – “it became patriotic to years General long-term discontent Bad priories – 45% annual be anti-government”. and
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tsarist regime was able to survive the 1905 revolution and was overthrown in February/march 1917 because even though it was big step for the 1017 revolution in Russia‚ it also made Nicholas II fall or step back down because people made him since the government was inefficient and Tsar insisted on reading every decree personally‚ so important decisions were often delayed for months. The army had recently been defeated in a war with Japan (1904) and the secret police were chaotic. The economy was backward
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amount of repression in the period of 1906-14. The army‚ police and Black Hundreds had taken repressive measures in mopping up revolutionaries in late 1905‚ but government terror continued in 1906-07 to deal with the peasant uprisings‚ which continued to flare up in these years‚ encouraged by the SRs. It is believed that over 1‚000 government officials were murdered in 1907. Stolypin met terror with terror‚ hanging over 1‚000 in the six months between Oct. 1906 and May 1907‚ which caused the nickname
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