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Revolution of March 1917 (Western time) (Causes (World War I (Union of…
Revolution of March 1917 (Western time)
Causes
World War I
Middle class wanted Russia to win; blunders were viewed as intolerable
Union of zemstvos to assist gov't
Middle-class became conscious of their ability
Rumours of pro-German officials in war (reactionaries who feared liberalism of England and France)
Food shortages
Court life
Alexandra
Wanted husband to be proud and pitiless
Took advice from Rasputin, a self-appointed holy man
All who wished audience with Tsar and Tsarina had to go through Rasputin
Duma not happy at being suspended in 1915 Sept, though it was reived in Nov 1916
Rasputin's assassination
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Duma reassembled by fearful Tsar
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Nature
Political
Social
Economic
Mar 8 1917 food riots; Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies assembled in Petrograd
Compare and contrast the causes and nature of the 1917 Russian Revolutions