HIST 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Petrograd Soviet, Saint Petersburg

• School: Ball State University
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 150
• Professor: Robert Hall I I

Document Summary

Russia tried to obtain the western front after wwi. Nicholas ii names himself as commander in chief of russia. They had the largest army in the war. They also had constant problems, like running out of equipment and food. They actually relied a lot on imported weapons from other countries they didn"t have a good transportation system, they were mostly an agricultural economy, a lot of soldiers were peasants. Yashka - a woman that petitioned to serve in the military. She was wounded several times soon became a commander of an army of women. Nicholas the 2nd bans the production of vodka, which is made from potatoes. There were food shortages, and the govt relied on 1/3 of its revenue from vodka in 3 years, "14-"17 price for a lb of meat of sock of potatoes rose by 700%