HIS 1110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Nepotism, Geopolitics, Red Army
22 Jul 2016
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History class 8: russian revolution and birth of the. Things have been going wrong for a bad time; not just suddenly in 1917. Tsarist regime is corrupt, inefficient (nepotism ruling),19th century still feudal and serf- dom only abolished in mid 19th c - pressures building in second half of 19th c serve as catalyst. 1904/04: russia looses war against up-start nation, japan: humiliating, treaty signed - serves as catalyst. 1905: everyone of every class in russia is unhappy with tsarist regime. Jan 1905: protests; peasants rising up in country side; non-russians (fins, poles, etc) itch for independence - discontent, nationalist pressures, class warfare; Russian military gets involved: mutiny on battleship potemkin; nicholas ii has to do something. Jan 1905: workers take to street and demonstrate against tsarist regime and in favour of more liberal ways, soldiers shoot (red sunday: 1k people die) Doesn"t really do much for the russians, and tsarist resolution is also just a.
