| Term | Definition |
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failures of Rev of 1905 (still autocracy), Rasputin, WWI, Bread shortage, emancipation of serfs |
causes |
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russia is hopeless |
Jan 1719 |
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Rasputin |
weird mystic guy, bad intamate advisor to Tsar/Tsarina |
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February/March Rev |
begins with Int. Women's Day, Tsar abdicates, provisional gov. created |
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International Women's Day |
women march for "Peace and Bread," Tsar says to fire on them, but soldiers join them instead, causes Tsar to abdicate |
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march 15 |
tsar abdicates |
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rev parties divided, no common agenda |
problems |
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democracy |
provisional gov- supposed to be... |
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gov believed people wanted a democracy |
innate failure w/ prov. gov. |
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Lenin |
formed Bolsheviks, comes back to Russia in 1917 (spring) |
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April Theses |
written by Lenin, scathing critisizm of Rev/Prov.Gov. |
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Korlinov affair |
Korlinov wants to have coup de etate, but Kevensky dosn't want to , realeases Bolsheviks |
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Kevensky |
leader of Prov gov |
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Korlinov |
guy who wants to have coup de etat |
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October/November Rev |
'Peace land bread' 'all power to the soviets' cause: prov gov didn't get out of war, communist rev |
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kevensky overthrown |
Nov 1917 |
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Trotsky |
lenin's closest advisor, leader of Red army, negotiates treaty w/ germany |
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Brest-Litovsk |
removes russia from war |
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1918-1922 |
russian civil war |
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war communism |
lenin's policy to nationalize economy (no bourgeouis- economy owned by gov) |
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Nationalizing |
(random term) gov takes resources |