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Reasons for the first Russian revolution (Regime Credibility (Rasputin…
Reasons for the first Russian revolution
Regime Credibility
Rasputin
What he did
Thought to have cured the Tsar's son
Greeted as a miracle worker
Gave advice on how to run the country
Who was he
Said to be a drinker and womanizer
holy man?
Thought negatively of by many in the empire
Limiting the Duma
had no power to change Tsar's policies
Crushing Dissent
how
Short-term
In August 1914 Russia entered the First World War
Effects on society
middle class
unhappy with the Tsar by the end of 1916
set up their own medical organization along the lines of the red cross
joined war commitees to send supplies to troops
urban working classes
the war created 3.5 million new industrial jobs between 1914 and 1916
The workers didn't get much more wages
had to cope with more overcrowding than before
fuel and food shortages
couldn't be transported into the cities
railway network couldn't cope with the needs of the army, industry, and population of the cities
peasantry
felt as if they were defending their country from Germany instead of showing loyalty to the Tsar
Casualties
In Grushevka, 13% of the village population were announced dead from the war
aristocracy
many junior officers in the army had suffered devastating losses
lack of peasants meant they had no workers
many were appalled by the influence of Rasputin over the Tsar
a group of leading aristocrats murdered Rasputin in December 1916
Effects on the army
Deep discontent made many soldiers support the revolutionary Bolshevik Party
Big losses up to 1916
13 million soldiers mobilised, 9.15 million casualties
materials
soldiers were poorly supported from the industries back home
short on:
rifles
ammunition
shells
many didn't have boots
Enthusiastic at the beginning
Aristocrate officers
poor at leading the soldiers
treated soldiers badly
Effects on the Tsar
Seemed genuinely popular with the people at the beginning
Instant display of patriotism
His actions were applauded
Tsar began to lose support of key sections of Russian society
Took control of the army in 1915
got blamed for the defeats and the blunders