the russian revolutions of 1917 “liberty, equality, fraternity”
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THE HOME FRONT
War causes much suffering
entire country mobilized
patriotism limited & waning
scarcities of necessities
mass inflation
strikes and protests
further loss of confidence in tsarist govt.
THE FIRST WORLD WAR
Tsar & Grand Duke Nikolai NikolaevichGrigorii Rasputin
Female soldiers
FEBRUARY REVOLUTION
Increasing unrest
International Women’s Day: Feb. 24/March 7
Women’s protest joined by workers & soldiers
THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONS OF 1917
Tsar abdicates ending 300 years of Romanov rule
THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONS OF 1917
RUSSIA BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS
“DUAL POWER”
Creation of Provisional Government
Establishment of Soviets
Petrograd Soviet of Workers’ & Soldiers’ Deputies
Provisional Government
Alexander Kerensky
THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONS OF 1917
RUSSIA BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS
Provisional Government has many problems
the war
general chaos
the peasants
awaiting Constituent Assembly
Pro-Soviet demonstration1st Russian Women’s Battalion of Death
the Soviets
THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONS OF 1917
RUSSIA BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS
“All power to the Soviets”
“July Days”
“The Kornilov Affair”
General Lavr Kornilov
formation of Red Guards
Bolsheviks’ platform: “Land, Bread, and Peace”
THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONS OF 1917
THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION
The Bolshevik Plan
establish Military Revolutionary Committee
Lenin argues for Oct. 25 action
Grigorii Zinoviev & Lev Kamenev oppose plan