History 1401E Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Leon Trotsky, Catastrophic Failure, Alexander Kerensky
28 Apr 2015
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Moderate reform is not possible and massive change is needed, the. War is horrible for russia, massive casualties of soldiers as well as civilians. The tsarist order is associated with this catastrophe, and by 1917 the. Eventually russian soldiers abandon their posts and go home. The poor harvest in russia brings disarray to the russian soldiers as well as civilians in the cities of russia. The tsar is overthrown, and its successors are the two biggest political powers. Alexander kerensky (sr) and prince giorgi lvov (liberal). Both believe the tsar should go and they aim to replicate the political system of the french. Their program is a new constitution for russia and to carry on the war. Soviets are big groups of civilians and they focus on the importance of the people in their areas. Focus on where to find food sources etc. Leon trotsky looks to the soviets as the future model of post autocratic russia.
