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Background to the
Soviet Revolution
Tsarist Russia
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Russian Empire had around 150 million inhabitants
The population was very unevenly distributed and consisted of a great diversity
Russia was an autocratic monarchy, in which the tsar exercised his power as an absolute ruler
The Marxist inspired the Russian Social-Democratic Workers’ Party
Bolsheviks defended the seizure of power by a committed working-class minority
Their leader was Vladimir Lenin
Mensheviks were more moderate and favoured an alliance with reformist liberalism
Their leader was Julius Martov
Griori Rasputin
Rasputin was a mystic called to the palace to cure the tsar’s eldest son
After Alexei recovered, Rasputin came to have a big religious influence on the tsarina
He was accused of many things and was assassinated
From the Revolution of
1905 to the Great War
Russian and Japanese imperialism competed for control of Korea and Manchuria
This tension led to the Russo-Japanese War
Russia was defeated and the weakness of the tsarist regime was revealed
Forces opposing tsarism tried to take power through a revolution
The tsarist army repressed thousands of demonstrators
There were more than a thousand victims
There were more than a thousand victims
The massacre of men, women and children, known as Bloody Sunday, unleashed a wave of popular outrage
Popular protests, strikes, revolts and military uprisings culminated in a prerevolutionary situation
The Tsar, because of the pressure, implemented this reforms
The creation of the Duma or National Legislative Assembly
The start of an agrarian reform
The project was cancelled because of the assassination of its promoter, Prime Minister Pyotr Stolypin
The establishment of limited individual and citizens’ liberties
