HISTORY 1DD3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Austria-Hungary, Saint Petersburg, Kerensky Offensive
22 Oct 2017
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Russia was tsardom, and its religion was orthodox christian, and reforms were unlikely. Problem with marx theory: very little industry meant difficulty in working class growth: russo-japanese war (1904-1905) Nicholas ii called war on japan, thinking an easy win against an asian nation will help him regain support. Ends in misery for the russians. (russia often changes when it loses a war. : revolution of 1905. As resistance grew, nicholas ii gave in to conservative reform. (duma) Actually had no or little power. (controlled by nicholas ii) Cleverly split the resistance and put down revolutionaries: the great war. After 9 years of lesser strikes, nicholas ii starts losing support again in 1914. The duma is not working, reforms are ineffective, and the gap between rich and poor grows. February/march revolution (go back to the ppt and read about rasputin!) Russia starts losing in the great war, and nicholas ii has to put up with lots of resistance.
