Russia 1855-1964 WWI
- Created by: lilygharris
- Created on: 29-05-18 11:31
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- The First World War 1914-1918
- Resulted from failure to solve the Eastern Question, detororation of relations with Austria-Hungary, obligation to support fellow slavs
- 8 million casulties, 1.7 mill dead, 2.4 mill captured
- N II incompetence as a war time leader led to him abdicating
- Dec 1917 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
- OPTIMISTS:
- Necessary if autocracy in Russia was going to disappear forever
- Military failure resulted in economic challenges for the home front leading to increasing social unrest
- Authorities struggled to cope with the scale and degree required of military and industry, drastic change in govt needed to stop anarchy
- Huge errors of judgement by the Tsar- personal control of the army, left capital, control went to his German wife and Rasputin
- Resultant formation of Provisional Govt, a positive development and war caused their downfall
- PESSIMISTS:
- War not a turning point, tsars struggling for decades, not a sudden thing, N II always viewed as incompetent, only a matter of time
- Worker opposition gathered momentum well before the war, wokring class consciousness had emerged with the legislation of political parties, growth of trade unions and Soviets
- Emphasises the importance of the workers over time
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