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Russian Revolution!
Major extreme conflicts took place while this revolution was happening, a lot of people lost their brother, sisters, mothers, fathers, relatives, and beloved ones during this extreme tragedy. -
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Agricultural Increasing population.
Agricultural couldn't keep pace with the population, increased by 6.1 million people. -
Nicholas II dismisses the Duma.
Tsar Nicholas II dismissed the "Duma," and personally took control of the armed forces, intent on leading them to victory.
I believe this event is important because since he got rid of it, who are they going to blame now. Their going to blame Nicholas II for dismissing it, he just took all the responsibilities and consequences. -
Rasputin assassinated.
A right winged- group dedicated to saving the Romanov dynasty assassinated Rasputin, hoping to prevent opposition from becoming revolution. Rasputin got assassinated because he was telling Tsarina Alexandra what to do and what to say to the soldiers. She was in command of an army that was attacking her own country, and Rasputin decided to step in and call all the shots while hiding behind the person who actually was in charge. -
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WAR COMMUNISM.
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Shortages of Food and Resources.
Shortages of bread and coal caused riots and demonstrations in the streets of St. Petersburg (which the tsar had patriotically "Slavicized" as "Petrograd"). -
The Duma established a Provisional Government.
The Duma established a Provisional Government. Although the Temporary Committee wanted to preserve the monarchy as a symbol of authority, the people favoured abdiction. -
Nicholas II abdicted himself.
Thus, on March 2nd 19171 Nicolas II abdicted both for himself and for his son Alexis, in favour of his brother, Michael. The following day, Michael refused the crown, and Russia became a republic. -
Government decides to stay at war.
The government decided to stay at war, but the petrograd Soviet, scorned this imperialist ambition and organized anti-war demonstrations that eventually brought down the Lvov goevernment in May. -
Deserting the war.
The crisis came in 1917 after particularly severebattle losses and the desertion of 2 million men. -
Kerensky as Prime Minister.
The second Coalition took office on July 24th with Kernesky as Prime Minister. Now in addition to opposition from the left wing-factions, the government was beset by the right wing groups that objected to its inability to control the army. The turning point in the dispute between the coalition and the local soviet was the Kornilov Affair. -
Lenin making promises to peasants.
Lenin promised to distrubute gentry land to the peasants, give control of the factories to the workers, and take Russia out of the war. These promises brought the popular support necessary for the Bolshevik seizure of power in 1917. The main reason whhy Lenin did what he did, was so he could get their support for whenever he needed it. By giving them land Lenin could say anything and the people he gave land to would support him and have his back with whatever he needed it in. -
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People dying because of Starvation.
Between 1918 and 1920, 7.5 million people perished from starvation, disease and the ravages of civil war. Nationalization and agricultural coercion had thrown the country into choas. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
The treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed on March 3rd 1918. By its term, the Soviets government would lose 60 million people, as Ukraine, Poland, Finland, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia recieved their independence. -
Demonstrations take place because of Bolsheviks.
Soldiers and workers took part in massive demonstrations under the leadership of the Bolsheviks. This prostest occurred on 18th June 1917 in petrograd. This happened because the leaders of the Bolsheviks weren't really doing their job. They were shortage in food and everyone was getting hungry and dying of starvation because they can't take care of one little job, by getting food to their own country. -
Food Shortages.
By April 1920, only 29 percent of all food was distruted through the official government system. Serious food shortages now affected industrial labour, and strikes ensued.
