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Causes of the Russian Revolution 1917
l The Russian Revolution put absolute monarch Tsar Nicholas II in J.A.I.L.
Causes of the Russian Revolution 1917
l J=Japan humiliates Russia in Russo-Japanese War (1905)
l Russia loses out on Manchuria and Korea
Causes of the Russian Revolution 1917
l A=Abundance of military defeats and high casualties in WWI
l Lost many battles, many soldiers had no weapons
Causes of the Russian Revolution 1917
l I=Incompetence of Tsar Nicholas II l bread and fuel shortages – Tsar couldn’t help his
country l Led to first revolution where an unsuccessful
democratic provisional government replaced Tsarist regime
Causes of the Russian Revolution 1917
l L=Landless peasants wanted their own land l Peasants worked on land they didn’t own l Sharp class divisions existed between the
nobility and peasants
Rise of Communism l Vladimir Lenin - Led Bolshevik(Communist) party in Russia - promised peace, land and bread - led Bolshevik Revolution in 1917
Rise of Communism l Vladimir Lenin - Bolsheviks overthrew Russia's provisional
government - defeated anti-communists in Russian Civil War