HI109 Lecture : 2 Europe in 1914.docx
Document Summary
Opinions on the war: everyone takes blame, germany did it, capitalists caused it, domestic (power of european leaders, russia, austria-hungary. Key figs: christopher stolypin, prime minister (later assassinated) Moscow, st. petersburg = modernizing: eg. Large numbers of workers from land to work in cities and factories: no farms to go back to. Industrialization = everything great everyone has a job. When there isn"t a market for the goods, then people get thrown out of work. Terrorism becomes a way of life for many in russia. Imperial authorities in provinces find themselves obstructed or assassinated. Russia seen as the source of hope for slavs everywhere (slavic dignity and independence: ottoman empire crumbling late 1800"s. Czar cannot have any doubt of his power, rules with iron fist. War threatens to distabalize russia"s imperial system. Russia political crises as a result; 1905 revolution. By 1914 apparent russian gov"t cannot tolerate any attack against its movements.
