and its Impact Introduction The biggest outcome of the War, the Russian revolution, was unique in world history. The socio- political and economic conditions prevailing in Russia were brought to a head by the vast losses and sufferings caused by the War. There were really two revolutions in the year , one in March and the other in November. On the abdication of the Tsar the bourgeois government which followed, wanted to continue the war.
But the people were against it. So there was a second great uprising under the guidance their leader Lenin, who seized power and established a communist government in Russia. Causes of the Revolution Social Causes In Russia Peter the Great and Catherine II attempted westernisation without changing the social conditions. The Russian peasants were serfs tied to lands owned by wealthy Russians.
After Russia’s defeat in the Crimean War, some reforms were introduced. In Tsar Alexander II abolished serfdom and emancipated the serfs. But they were not given enough land to subsist. These peasants became the powder keg for the revolution.
The labourers and workers whose number had increased on Outbreak of World War I and Its Aftermath Russia allied to France and Britain. As there was rumour of a palace revolution. Nicholas made himself the Commander-in-Chief of the army. At the end of , Rasputin, who had a domineering influence over the Tsar and the Tsarina, was murdered by a member of the Tsar’s family.
The members of the St. Petersburg Soviet were arrested. Whenever the Duma opposed the Tsar’s move, it was dissolved and fresh elections held. Without change of government policy, the fourth Duma ended with the revolution of .
Popular Uprisings The bread shortages among women textile workers, many with husbands in the army, forced them to go on strike anyway and march through the factory areas of Petrograd, the capital of the Russian Empire. Masses of women workers demanding “Bread for workers” waved their arms towards factory workers and shouted “Come out!” “Stop work!” The city’s , workers