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BACKGROUND TO THE SOVIET REVOLUTION
TSARIST RUSSIA
demography
beginning of the 20th century
150 million inhabitants
unevenly distributed
great diversity
nationalities
peoples
cultures
economy
based on agriculture
low living standard
poverty
started to develop industrially
politic
autocracy monarchy
the tsar
was an absolute ruler
by divine right
backed by
feudal aristocracy
the Orthodox Church
a corrupt bureaucracy
opposition to tsarist regime
the cultural elite
liberal European tradition
Russia Social-Democratic Worker's Party
end of the 19th century
it was Marxist-inspired
workers should carry out a revolution
RSDWP
Bolsheviks
leader
Vladimir Lenin
defended
seizure of power
by a committed working-class minority
Mensheviks
more moderate
alliance with reformist liberals
leader
Julius Martov
divided in 1903
FROM THE REVOLUTION OF 1905 TO THE GREAT WAR
Russo-Japanese War
competed for the control of
Korea
Manchuria
Russia was defeated
many strikes
because of crisis
economic
political
social
the weakness of the tsarist regime was revealed
Bloody Sunday
revolution
in St Petersburg
ruthless repression of a peaceful demonstration
wanted better living conditions
it was a massacre
more than a thousand of victims
pre-revolutionary situation
the First Soviet
in St Petersburg
consisted of
workers
peasants
soldiers
fundamental role in the revolution
popular protests
worker's strikes
peasant revolts
military uprisings
revolution in 1905
not succeed in taking the power
pressurised the tsar
the reforms
creation of the Duma
National Legislative Assembly
as a parliament
controlled by the tsar
the start of an agrarian reform
distribution of lands
the project was cancelled
the promoter was assassinated
individual and citizens' liberties
were limited
stablished
1914
World War I began
1915
tsar Nicholas II
took the direct control of the army
collapse in the Front
breakdown of civil power
consequences
poor living conditions
worsened the situation
economic
social
demoralisation of the army
and the people
new revolutionary outburst
the Russian Empire
immense territory
one sixth of the Erath's surface
the Trans-Siberian Railroad
1904
connected all the regions
