RussianRevolutionPB

__//Current: //__ In 1917 Russia was again at war, WW1, and were losing to Germany because of lack of modern industry to support its warfare or a decent railroad system to get supplies to the front. Because of war food supplies were low, unemployment was high, and inflation was out of control. These conditions caused many workers to join revolutionary organizations known as soviets. Eventually 385,000 went on strike in Petrograd. Fed up with the revolution the workers, peasants, and soldiers rose up and demanded the redistribution of land. On February 28, 1917 Nicholas II abdicated his throne, tsarists forces surrendered, and the Tsar’s ministers were arrested.

The cause of the revolutions in Russia was Russia’s political, social, and economic situation. Politically, the people of Russia resented the dictatorship of Tsar Nicholas II. Socially, the despotic tsarist regime had oppressed the peasant class for centuries. Economically, widespread inflation and famine in Russia contributed to the revolution.

__//Ideal: //__ So the objective "purpose" of the Revolution was the creation of a home market, and the abolition of unbearable political conditions. The downfall of the Revolution meant only the postponement of the great social catastrophe and the possibility of a higher ultimate stage of development.

__Outcome: __ The immediate result was the overthrow of the Provisional Government, headed by Kerensky. Other important outcomes included the final withdrawal of Russia from WWI, which involved signing the devastating Treaty if Brest-Litovsk and handing over large areas of the old Tsarist Empire to German control (March 191 8).

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