The Fall of Imperial Russia
Subjects / History / Russia, 1910-1991
As Russia prepared to join Britain and France to fight Germany in World War One, it faced many problems. In particular, there was the conflict between the oppression of Tsar Nicholas II and the growing call for change from opposition groups in Russia. However, after Russia's entry into the war people rallied behind the Tsar and the army. The early optimism didn't last, as Russia was unable to cope with the demands of a war economy. The Russian army suffered heavy defeats, which the people blamed Nicholas II for. By March 1917 Nicholas gave up the throne, leaving the Provisional Government in charge. The Provisional Government proved unable to appease the Russian people, so, in November 1917, revolutionary group the Bolsheviks seized power. To understand how these events happened, we must look at the effect WW1 had on Russian society.
| Author: | Cathal Doyle | Publisher: | GCSEPod® |
| Narrator: | Peter McGowan | ISBN: | 978-1-84906-058-5 |
| Video ISBN: | 978-1-84906-558-0 |
Chapters
- The Impact of World War One on Russian Society
- The Role of Nicholas II and the Government
- February 1917 and the Abdication of the Tsar
- The Failure of the Provisional Government
- The October Revolution, 1917
- Reasons for the Bolshevik Success in 1917
Exam Board Relevance
- Edxcel
- AQA
- CEA
- IGCSE (EdExcel)
- OCR
- SQA
- WJEC
- IGCSE (CiE)
Curriculum and Exam Board Information
Key Issues
Titles
Chapters
- Impact of World War 1 on Russia
- Military defeat
- Food shortages and transport dislocation at home
- Political upheaval and the role of Rasputin
- Tsar's abdication
- Creation of the Russian Republic
- Problems facing the Provisional Government and its failures, including defeats and their effects at home
- The fall of Tsarism and the reasons for this: defeats in war, incompetent and corrupt governments, unpopularity of Alexandra and Rasputin
- Impact of the war on the Russian people: peasants conscripted, millions killed or captured, food shortages, inflation
- February revolution: bread riots in Petrograd, strikes, reaction of troops, abdication of Nicholas II, formation of provisional government
- Failure of provisional government to consolidate power: Petrograd Soviet, issues of peace, food, land
- The First World War and its impact on the Russian people
- The March Revolution of 1917
- The Provisional Government and the Soviets
- the growing power and influence of revolutionary groups
- Reasons for the failure of the Provisional Government
- The Provisional Government and the Soviets
- the growing power and influence of revolutionary groups
- Reasons for the failure of the Provisional Government
- Abdication of Tsar Nicholas II
- Demands for 'Peace, bread and land'
- Russia's involvement in the First World War
- the impact of the war
- the role of Nicholas
- the influence of Rasputin
- events leading to the February Revolution
- Petrograd
- the events February-October 1917: the Provisional Government
- the Petrograd Soviet
- the role of Kerensky
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