HIST 1082 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Major Force, Superpower, Extreme Measures
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Based on the failed promises of the french revolution in the century before. Russian revolution promised both political and economic equality: leaders of the revolution saw their movement as a fulfillment of the past century. National revolution in russia: very global/ideological, huge consequences going forward, became a red rag of frustration that this could happen in the modern world, for others it was a beacon of hope: beginning of a revolution. Marxist cartoon of russia"s social pyramid depicting the tsar, nobility, clergy, military, bourgeoisie, and workers: wasn"t a classic, first candidate revolution, needed a large proletariat (functioning bourgeoisie, but russia didn"t have large bourgeoisie. Bourgeoisie only 0. 5% of population of 110 million. 6. 6 million square miles of territory (gb 80,000 sq. miles) Tsar nicholas ii: uphold the principle of autocracy as firmly and unflinchingly as my late unforgettable father : cut from the old cloth of the old order.
