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BACKGROUND TO THE SOVIET REVOLUTION - Coggle Diagram
BACKGROUND TO THE SOVIET REVOLUTION
TSARIST RUSSIA
Russian Empire had around 150 million inhabitants
autocratic monarchy
tsar absolute ruler
sovereign was backed by a feudal aristocracy
Orthodox Church
corrupt bureaucracy
opposition was tied to the cultural elite
based on the liberal European tradition
Marxist-inspired Russian Social-Democratic Workers’ Party
working class should carry out a revolution
eliminate injustice, inequality
RSDWP split into two groups (1903)
Bolsheviks
defended the seizure of power
committed working-class minority
leader was Vladimir Lenin
Mensheviks
more moderate and favoured
with reformist liberalism
leader was Julius Martov
FROM THE REVOLUTION OF 1905 TO THE GREAT WAR
Russian and Japanese imperialism competed
for control of Korea and Manchuria
THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE IN 1914
Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905)
Russia was defeated
eakness of the tsarist regime
tsarist army
repressed thousands of demonstrators in Winter Palace
Bloody Sunday
prerevolutionary situation
popular protests
workers' strikes
peasants revolts
military uprising
Political strikes became the main weapon
First Soviet
assembly of workers, peasants and soldiers
implementing some reforms
agrarian reform
limited individual and citizens’ liberties.
Duma or National Legislative Assembly
