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The Russian Revolution
The 1917 revolutions
The February Revolution: the provisional government
In February
Successful revolution of workers in Petrograd
Protested about
Shortage of food
Demanded Russia's withdrawal from the war
Disasters of the war
In March
Provisional government was formed
Made up of
Liberals
Menshevik socialists
Led by the socialist Alexander Kerensky
New changes
Set up a democratic regime
Legalised political parties
Proclaimed Russia as a republic
Called elections
They faiiled
A parallel government was created
Led by the Petrograd Soviet
Bolsheviks gained support of soviets after distribution of April theses
The October Revolution: the Bolshevik government
Bolsheviks established the Council of People's Commissars
First actions of Lenin's government
Expropriate land and redistribute it among the peasants
Give the control of industries to the workers' committees
Bolshevik party = Communist Party
The only legal political party
Sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany
Russia withdraw from the war
In return Russia give territory to Germany
Found the Third International (Comintern)
Coordinate all the communist parties
Civil war in Russia
Two sides
The White Army
Ultimately the White Army was defeated
Were supported by the Allied powers
The Bolshevik forces of the Red Army
Before the revolution
The economy was semi-feudal
Industrialisation began and concentrated in
St Petersburg
Moscow
Agricultural land
Worked by a peasant majority
Owned by a wealthy minority
There was social unrest
Most of population were poor peasants
Suffered hard working conditions
The government was autocratic
Civil rights were not recognised
Political parties were repressed
Tsar had unlimited power and authority
The causes of the revolution
Tsar Nicholas II
The 1905 Revolution
Industrial workers moved peacefully the Winter Palace
Protesters were brutally suppressed
Caused
Soviets were formed
Duma was formed
Had the power to make laws
Social Democratic Workers' Party met in secret
The appearance of political parties
The Socialist Workers Party
The Mensheviks
Russia wasn't press for revolution
The Bolshevics
Wanted a revolution of the working class
The Socialist Revolutionary Party
Socialist ideas
The Constitutional Democratic Party
Liberal ideas
Participation in the First World War
Russian Empire was allied with Great Britain and France
Continuous defeats caused further discontent among the people
The Russo-Japanese War
Russia and Japan fought for Manchuria
Soldiers were recruited
Russian defeat highlighted
Outdated military equipment
Lack of transport
Badly organised army
New taxes were imposed
The creation of the USSR
Economy
Lenin established the New Economic Policy (NEP)
Peasants could sell their produce
Small private artisan and trading companies were set up
Allowed capitalist systems to exist to increase production
The state controlled the important sectors
Territorial organisation
Federal state
Resolved the problems of former nationalities of the Russian Empire
Political organisation
Marxist ideas with a proletariat dictatorship
Political power was held by the soviets
Make laws
Choose people who held executive power
The Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the only political party
