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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
Consisted of a great diversity of nationalities, peoples and cultures.
The economy, based on agriculture, was slowly beginning to develop industrially
The general standard of living was low and poverty was widespread
Russia was an autocratic monarchy
Absolute ruler
The sovereign was backed by a feudal aristocracy
At the end of the 19th century
The Marxist-inspired Russian Social-Democratic Workers’ Party was also founded
The working class should carry out a revolution to eliminate injustice and inequality
Two groups
Defended the seizure of power by a committed working-class minority
Vladimir Lenin
Bolsheviks
Were more moderate and favoured an alliance with reformist liberalism
Julius Martov
Grigori Rasputin
Emerged as a symbol of declining Russian autocracy
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
In which Russia was defeated and the weakness of the tsarist regime was revealed
This defeat was added to a serious economic, political and social crisis that led to many strikes
Forces opposing tsarism tried to take power through a revolution
The massacre of men, women and children, known as Bloody Sunday
Political strikes became the main weapon
To coordinate them, the first Soviet was formed in St. Petersburg, capital of the Empire
The Soviet consisted of
Peasants
Soldiers that would later play a fundamental role in the revolution
Workers
The tsar into implementing some reforms
The creation of the Duma or National Legislative Assembly,
The start of an agrarian reform
The establishment of limited individual and citizens’ liberties
In 1904
The Trans-Siberian Railroad inaugurated a managed to connect the European part with the most remote regions of the Russian Empire
The Russian empire in 1914
