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- 1. The Great War The Build-up to the February Revolution of 1917
- 2. Good morning Year 12! As you read this I am probably in quite some pain waiting for my swollen foot to be x-rayed! (Millie will explain!) Many apologies for not being there this morning as I know time is pressing… this is the first one I’ve missed all year so I’m sure you can forgive me Anyway, what do you need to do? • Have a go at the task on slide 4 – organise the events and find a date for each (there is a printed copy in my room somewhere) • Read through the slides on Russia’s involvement in the Great War and make notes • Highlight any examples of war/individuals/opposition etc. causing social/economic change in Russia. • Do a little background research on why on earth Russia are fighting in WWI if you’re not sure. CONTINUE ON NEXT SLIDE
- 3. • Make a list of questions of anything you are not sure about. If you have no questions for me I’ll assume you know everything and I will demand your answers to my questions when I’m back (hopefully Thursday)… make sense? • Watch the Rasputin doc on YouTube and make some notes (he’s a good example of an individual causing change). • Read the mini-chapter on WWI in your little red book and add to your notes! • Update your timelines Bingo! That should be enough to keep you busy For those students who missed stuff last week (Tamara I’m looking at you) – follow the most recent link on the Twitter for all the recent PowerPoint's. Work your way through them and ask the others if you are unsure – it will be good revision for you all! See you soon and email/tweet with any questions!
- 4. How many of these can you date? What order do they go in? • Nicholas II becomes Tsar • Russo-Japanese War • October Manifesto • Trans-Siberian Railway opened • Narodniks go to the Peasantry • Assassination of Alex II • Lena Goldfields Massacre • Bolsheviks and Mensheviks split • World War I begins • Bloody Sunday • Great Famine • Emancipation of the Serfs • Petyr Stolypin becomes Prime Minister • Crimean War
- 5. So far… So Russia 1. Russia – an introduction 2. The Crimean War 3. Alexander II – Reform 4. Opponents of Alex II and Alex III 5. Alexander III & Industrialisation 6. Russo-Japanese war 1905 7. Revolution of 1905 8. Nicholas II, Stolypin and Russia on the eve of war 9. World War 1 10. Revolutions of 1917 11. The Russian Civil War / Lenin 12. Rise of Stalin 13. Five Year Plans, Collectivisation and the Great Terror 14. World War Two 15. Last Years of Stalin Question To what extent did war provide a catalyst for change in Russia between 1853-1953?
- 6. What do you know about The Great War?
- 7. • How do you think the Russian people would respond to war?
- 8. • Russia entered WW1 due to a complex web of alliances • Russia defending her fellow Slavs in the Balkans strengthened commitment of Russian people.
- 9. • The outbreak of war brought a genuine but fragile unity to Russia • Russians were traditionally loyal to the state and many anticipated victory. • Strikes and civil unrest ceased as did criticisms of the government • People fell to their knees and sang ‘God Bless the Tsar.’
- 10. Was the optimism justified? • Industrial and agricultural productivity had not increased in Russia as much as in other nations. • GDP in Russia was below Germany and Austria-Hungary • Russia did hold the eastern front-line for three years against a industrially superior war machine. • Defeats in Crimea and Russo-Japanese War cast doubts on military capability • Revolution of 1905 and previous defeats encouraged neighbours to pursue interests in the Balkans (Russia shown as weak) • Nicholas II and generals did not want war in 1914. they knew Germany was stronger – army reforms not due until 1917-18 • Tsarist regime did not want to be humiliated on the world stage and chose political considerations over military caution.
- 11. How disastrous was Russia’s performance? • Russia had huge manpower but were ineffectually led and supplied. • Supplies improved by 1916 but the damage had been done. • Some success was enjoyed against Austria and even the Germans (Brusilov offensive 1916) • Victory was likely to go to the country whose home front held out the longest due to the nature of WW1 warfare. • Initial optimism soon gave way to concern and despair • Supplies did not get through to the cities due to poor communications and priority given to the military
- 12. Crisis of the Regime • Attempts to reform the taxation and administrative system failed. • Borrowing and printing money led to rapid inflation • Economic, financial and military problems destroyed unity of ruling group. (Tsar, ministers, Duma.) • Tsar – seen to rely heavily on wife and Rasputin – took charge of army in 1915. • Historians tend to downplay the influence of Rasputin – but was harmful to the Tsars reputation. P. 82-83 • Duma – dominated by liberals calling for a govt. based more on popular support. • Tsar refused to listen – lost support of upper classes, liberals and intelligentsia who wanted increased war roles. • Nicholas II believed strongly in the Triple Entente and would not make a separate peace with Germany. • Working classes became increasingly militant, organised and opposed to the war (and how it was conducted) • Radical revolutionary movements beginning to have involvement . • War weariness and declining morale reduce effectiveness of army. • Nicholas II increasingly regarded as an obstacle to success.
- 13. Summary • War offered a chance for national unity. • ‘Civil society’ was being created out of an emergency. • Initial Russian enthusiasm for the war soon evaporated. • Army was ill-prepared for a long struggle – inadequately trained, poorly supplied and led, successive defeats. • Economic crisis during war - inflation, communications disrupted and conscription created labour shortages. • Nick II reputation sullied by defeat, he took command of armed forces. Empress being German did not help, corruption and treachery in court? • War industry committees could not solve problems. • Strikes, growing discontent with war. • Tsar and family under influence of Rasputin, • Aristocracy given limited role by Tsar and were afraid of collapse. • Russia was not ready in 1914 but by 1916 the state was controlling transport, industry, food and fuel distribution. • Revolution in February 1917 changed everything….