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THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONS OF 1917

THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONS OF 1917. “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”. THE FIRST WORLD WAR. THE HOME FRONT. War causes much suffering. entire country mobilized. patriotism limited & waning. scarcities of necessities. mass inflation. strikes and protests.

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THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONS OF 1917

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  1. THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONS OF 1917 “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”

  2. THE FIRST WORLD WAR 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. Female soldiers Grigorii Rasputin Tsar & Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich

  3. THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONS OF 1917 FEBRUARY REVOLUTION • Increasing unrest • International Women’s Day: Feb. 24/March 7 • Women’s protest joined by workers & soldiers • Tsar abdicates ending 300 years of Romanov rule

  4. THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONS OF 1917 RUSSIA BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS Alexander Kerensky • “DUAL POWER” • Creation of Provisional Government • Establishment of Soviets Petrograd Soviet of Workers’ & Soldiers’ Deputies Provisional Government

  5. THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONS OF 1917 RUSSIA BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS • Provisional Government has many problems • general chaos • the Soviets • the peasants • awaiting Constituent Assembly • the war Pro-Soviet demonstration 1st Russian Women’s Battalion of Death

  6. THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONS OF 1917 RUSSIA BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS • “All power to the Soviets” • Bolsheviks’ platform: “Land, Bread, and Peace” • “July Days” • “The Kornilov Affair” • formation of Red Guards General Lavr Kornilov

  7. 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

  8. THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONS OF 1917 THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION • The Final Act • Red Guards, soldiers, sailors take control of Petrograd, Oct 24-25 (Nov 6-7) • Take Winter Palace & arrest Provisional Govt.

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