Saint Petersburg State University

There was mounts of unrest in Russia’s industrial capital St. Petersburg because of working conditions and poor representation in the government. With wages falling and the cost of living rising, added with terrible working conditions, a poor harvest and the unexpected outcome of the Russo - Japanese war all contributed…

interpreted by various historiographical positions regarding the causation and overall inevitability of the revolution. While the theory of deepening revolution, theorized by Crane Britton which suggests that the Russian revolution followed a determinist state of events leading towards a new governmental ideology, is a possible explanation for the events in 1917, the historiographical position which best explains the inevitability of the Russian revolution is the modernization theory,…

One way Czar Nicholas II and Farmer Jones are similar were that they both reacted with violence. During the revolution, the people of Russia were protesting about food shortages, a crowd of peaceful marchers stood at the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg asking for civil liberties and peace, but all of a sudden, the policemen opened fired towards the crowd, killing around 130 innocent individuals which later set off more strikes and riots as the revolution went on, this day is marked as Bloody…

way the Soviet economy developed, and had an impact with the policy he set on the Soviet Union. By controlling the social and economic aspects, Stalin just like Louis made the life of his people a complete misfortune. For example in Document 4a it states “Although its name means “truth,” Pravda reported only what the Communist Party wanted the people to know, and facts were often ignored or distorted.” Based on this it shows that Stalin used propaganda, part of his totalitarian setup, to…

formed an army against him. They were called the Whites because white was the traditional colour of royalty. The wanted the czar back in power.The whites also had other countries fighting with them. Including Britain, France, Japan, and the United States. Lenin and the Bolsheviks were called the Reds because red was the colour of revolution. The civil war started in October 1917 and ended in October 1922. Lenin imposed war communism to ensure victory. Farmer 's crops were taken without payment.…

The Russian Revolution was perhaps one the most important events of the 20th century; it cannot be doubted that it had a massive influence on social ideologies and world history. The Russian Revolution, known today as a bloody and chaotic revolution, was characterized by the friction that existed between the citizens of Russia and Tsar Nicholas II. In 1917, two revolutions swept through the country, ending the imperial rule that existed. In March, the February Revolution erupted and forced…

The question of why the autocratic tsarist state of Russia fell is complex and has been interpreted in a variety of ways by historians. The fall began with the 1905 Revolution, on January 9th, or “Bloody Sunday” when a group of demonstrating workers with grievances for the Tsar were fired on by troops. Tsar Nicholas II agreed to concessions including the establishment of a State Duma. Despite these concessions, conflict and pressure continued leading to the final collapse of the tsarist system…

At this time the peasants were rising up against their feudal overlords protesting the growing economic oppression under the nobles and clergy. In 1861 the serfs were freed and issued with small amounts of land, but in return they had to pay back a sum to the government, and the result ended in a mass of small farms deeply in debt. Their life was a sharp contrast to the rich landowners, who held 20% of the land in large estates. Until 1861 they belonged to their masters, who could buy and sell…

Tsarist regime, resulting in anarchy and revolution. Nicholas was unprepared for the difficult situation he was put in as Tsar, and he was totally unequipped to deal with it. Founder of Spartacus Educational and former history teacher John Simkin states, “Nicholas inherited from his ancestors not only a great empire, nut also a revolution. And they did not bequeath him one quality which would have made him capable of governing an empire. Or even a country" [Simkin, 1997] The system needed reform…

This class is is titled “Revolutionary Russia, 1900-1921”. The fact that it spans 21 years of history in the title, as do many books written about this age, show just how complex the revolution was. This paper may be focused on the events that acured in February of 1917 but the social and political changes the effected Russia happened over many years. Many say that they are continuing to this day but that is a topic for another paper. The question posed for this paper is, was the autocracy…