History 1401E Lecture 15: Russian Revolution

• School: Western University
• Department: History
• Course: History 1401E
• Professor: Eli Nathans

Document Summary

Short term causes of the rst russian revolution, the overthrow of tsar nicholas ii (march 1917: petrograd workers protest food shortages and criticize the tsarist regime, march. Tsar to abdicate, march 13-15: by march 12 and 13, the duma, the national parliament created in 1905, and the. Petrograd soviet, a council of workers also rst created in 1905, start to exercise national power: abdication of the tsar, march 15. Cost of the war: over 1 million deaths and nearly 4 million soldiers taken prisoner in the course of the entire war. Societies had imposed these burdens on the population. Russian revolution was caused by the enormous burden on the population from the war, which de nitely had more costly effects than just 4494$ (deaths) People who read books were in danger of thinking, so education may result in overthrowing the state, no developments in schooling. If specialists were needed, they were imported from germany.