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BACKGROUND TO THE SOVIET REVOLUTION
TSARIST RUSSIA
Russian Empire 150M inhabitants
great diversity of nationalities/people/cultures
was an autocritic monarchy (total power)
political oposition based on liberal European tradition
Russian Social-Democratic Worker's Party (RSDWP)
revolution to eliminate injustice and inequality
RSDWP splitted into 2 groups
Bolsheviks
defended the seizure of power
Mensheviks
moderate, alliance with reformist liberalism
FROM THE REVOLUTION TO THE GREAT WAR
Russia and Japan competed for Korea
Russo-Japanese War, Japan won
Bloody Sunday
+1000 victims
men, women and children
creation of the Duma or National Legislative Assembly
Start of an agrarian reform
limited individual and citizens' liberties
Nicholas II took the army, serious economic and social situation
Russiam empire 1/6 of the world surface
Trans-Siberian Railroad
To connect the European part with Russia
