Why was the March 1917 Russian revolution successful
- Created by: Isabel Steele
- Created on: 29-05-14 09:03
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- Why was the March 1917 Russian revolution successful?
- Failures in the war
- Demoralized the people
- Lack of food
- Lack of organisation
- Poorly supported by Russian industry
- Lack of equipment eg. boots
- Widows pension cut
- Tsar blamed for everything as he was Commander in Chief of the army
- Casulties
- The mutiny in the army
- No one to stop the protestors
- Demoralized people
- The mutiny in the army
- Duma setting up alternative government
- Set up a different power
- The Tsar lost respect from those who had supported him
- Strikes
- Equipment wasn't being made
- People showed their anger which made people aware of what was going on
- = Less pay
- Food shortages
- More strikes
- Lack of transport
- The Tsarina and Rasputin
- Both were HUGELY unpopular
- Bribes
- Wrong people were appointed
- Fromation of Soviets
- Lots of support for the workers
- passed order number one- control of the army
- Discontent in the countryside
- Lack of food (peasants sent to be soldiers)
- Widow pension cut
- Cold weather
- Poor accomandati-on
- The peasants were angry at the Tsar and made up 80% of the Russian population
- The mutiny in the army
- No one to stop the protestors
- Demoralized people
- Failures in the war
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