Russia in Revolution 1914-1924 Syllabus Notes Impact of WWI - Battles lost: Tannenberg and the Mazurian Lakes were the most crushing defeats on the Russian side. (1-2 million casualties altogether in the war) - Low morale: Because soldiers either died or deserted‚ the injured ones waiting for days with no medical care‚ patriotism collapsed. - No cooperation: The Russian army was a mess. Orders were given‚ then taken back‚ and workers had to toil to produce food at the failing front line
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Why did Reconstruction fail? Reconstruction in the United States is historically known as the time in America‚ shortly after the Civil War‚ in which the United States attempted to readdress the inequalities‚ especially of slavery and many other economic‚ social and politically issues including the poor relationship between the North and the South of America. These problems were highly significant in America‚ and a variety of groups in government tried to resolve these problems‚ but this only led
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publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. Although Karl Marx political movement considers history in terms of a class conflict and revolutionary struggle. But in the end communism and socialism prevaled why it couldn’t hold‚ because it had abolished free markets so that officials had no market prices to guide them in planning production. Even tho as history shows communism is the easiest system to sell to people who are poor‚ not because they are stupid
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The year 1905 was the year of violence‚ murders‚ killings‚ and bloody in Russia. The year 1905 was also the year of the ‘revolution’ to some extent. The Tsar did not only face the ‘revolution’ that took place in Russia‚ but also the great defeat and shame of the Russo-Japanese War. The three major groups of people in Russia‚ the liberals‚ proletariat‚ and peasants were opposing the tsardom and trying to revolt. However‚ throughout 1905‚ the tsardom came out alive and strong enough regardless the
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groups in the years from 1881 was the main cause of the 1905 Revolution? There were many different causes of the 1905 Russian revolution. These included; the growth of different reformist groups‚ rapid industrialisation‚ the Russo-Japanese War and ‘Bloody Sunday’. However some were more influential than others. Firstly there was the Social Democrats who wanted to use and implement the radical ideas of Karl Marx to inspire the transformation of Russia to Capitalism and then onto Communism. For this to
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In the Revolution of 1905‚ Russians gained new political freedom. However‚ Russia was still plagued with problems. The famine from previous years still raged on. In 1914‚ Russia joined World War I. To pay for the war‚ Russia raised taxes‚ secured foreign loans‚ and printed more money. This combined with many other factors‚ left the people of Russia wanting change. They needed the government to change‚ the famine to end‚ and economic stability. The Russian people wanted the government to change. There
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To what extent were the aims of the 1905 Revolution achieved? To a certain extent the aims of the 1905 Revolution were achieved. Every class had grievances with the government and their main aims were political reforms‚ land reforms‚ civil liberties and industrial reforms. The October Manifesto partially addressed most of the factors concerned‚ yet a year after the mandate‚ the Fundamental Laws were passed and it made the October Manifesto redundant in many aspects. The general populace wanted
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The 1905 Revolution was caused primarily because of the events of the Bloody Sunday. How far do you agree with this statement? (10) Although the Bloody Sunday was the immediate cause that kick-started the 1905 Revolution‚ there were many long-term and short-term causes that led up to it. The long-term causes include the weak rule of the Tsar‚ the large empire‚ and inequalities in the Russian society. The economic depression of 1900-1904 and the Russo-Japanese War were some of the short-term causes
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Did the Progressives Fail? Progressivism generated positive results. If one thinks of progressives as one group of people with one clear objective‚ then they succeeded. But‚ consider the word “progressives” as a general term that encompasses these assorted clusters unfairly‚ because it defines these groups as one. The progressives’ diverse and opposing views break up the previously described group into separate sets of individuals trying to achieve the same goals‚ in a different way. Because
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HOMEWORK QUESTIONS (1) Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in England? How was industrialization different in the United States from industrialization in Russia? (1-2 sentences for each question) The Industrial Revolution began in England not for one reason but because of a number of reasons that proliferated the occurrence. For starters the country had a ready supply of coal and iron and there were roads and canals that helped to create a unified internal market. They had adopted
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