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BACKGROUND TO THE SOVIET REVOLUTION - Coggle Diagram
BACKGROUND TO THE SOVIET REVOLUTION
TSARIST RUSSIA
beginning of the 20th century
Russian Empire had around 150 million inhabitants
Russia
was an autocratic monarchy
tsar exercised his power
political opposition to tsarism grew in Russia
end of the 19th century
Marxist
inspired Russian Social-Democratic Workers’ Party
eliminate injustice and inequality
RSDWP split into two groups.
Mensheviks
Bolsheviks
FROM THE REVOLUTION OF 1905 TO THE GREAT WAR
Russian and Japanese imperialism
This tension led to the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905)
the tsarist regime was revealed
Russia was defeated
Bloody Sunday
The massacre of men, women and children
the first Soviet
was formed in St. Petersburg
In 1905, the revolutionaries did not succeed in taking power
implementing some reforms:
agrarian reform
National Legislative Assembly
