HISB94H3 Chapter : HISB91 Weeks One to Five
Document Summary
Week 1 : world war i and its aftermath. Lecture : world war i and its aftermath. John merriman, a history of modern europe, 863, 956-968, 977-989. Assassination of ferdinand of austro-hungary set of entangling alliance battles. Wwi crippled german economy and repirations were unreasonably high (same as cost of the entire war for germany) therefore. Germany had to sell its gold which inflated its currency and boom. 4 empires broken-up: austro-hungarian, german, turkish, russian. New/modern forms of nations emerge: poland, yugoslavia, czechoslovakia, latvia, estonia, lithuania. Week 2 : revolutionary russia, the great depression, and cultural. Joseph stalin, after lenin s october revolution and passing began to consolidate power ruthlessly. Wars, not proletariat revolt, was the main catalyst to the. Loss to japan/the great war: russian losses in ww1 were great and pressured tsar. Nicholas ii: mensheviks & social revolutionaries argued for defense against germany. Liberals only wanted reform: tsar went to moscow but it was also overthrown.
