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BACKGROUND TO THE SOVIET REVOLUTION, OIHANE TXARROALDE 4.E, image, image,…
BACKGROUND TO THE SOVIET REVOLUTION
TSARIST RUSSIA
autocratic monarchy: the tsar an absolute ruler
Russian Social-Democratic Workers’ Party
a revolution should be carried out
1903: two groups
Mensheviks: moderate, alliance with reformist liberalism, Martov
Bolsheviks: defend working-class minority, Lenin
economy: architecture, industrial development
Russia: 150 million inhabitants
FROM THE REVOLUTION OF 1905 TO THE GREAT WAR
revolutionaries made changes in the tsar
agrarian reform with distribution of lands for a social base of support for the liberal regime
creation of the Duma, equivalent of a parliament, but controlled by the tsar
limited individual and citizens’ liberties
first Soviet was formed to coordinate political strikes
Trans-Siberian Railroad (1904) connected European part with regions of the Russian Empire
Bloody Sunday: unleash a wave of popular outrage and mark final rupture between the people, tsar
Tsar Nicholas II took direct control of the army in 1915, but couldn't prevent the breakdown of civil power
Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905)
Russia lost
Russia and Japan competed for Korea and Manchuria
OIHANE TXARROALDE 4.E
