JWST 303 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Isaac Babel, Red Cavalry, Intelligentsia

• School: McGill University
• Department: Jewish Studies
• Course: JWST 303
• Professor: Daniel Heller

Document Summary

The jews of russia and the soviet union, 1881 to the. March 8, 1917: complaining women in bread line in petrograd becomes protest against empire and war joined by workers. Demonstrations were common and not viewed as a threat by the tsar etc: however a week later the tsar is forced to abdicate, came as a surprise, even from the revolutionaries. Provisional government established: constituent assembly to design new government, had to contend with years of discontent, economic crisis, and war. Lenin and bolsheviks take advantage of opportunity: 60. labelled new government as bourgeois and preceding the socialist revolution, determined to establish bolshevik power before constituent assembly could meet (despite menshevik hesitations over unpreparedness of proletariat) Poland (claims to russian territory: other nationalist interests included georgia, armenia, and baltic and. Central asia: former russian empire confused by multiple flags, armies, and uniforms. By 1921 order is restored in favour of bolsheviks: begin transitioning to a social soviet state.