The Russian Revolution(s)

The Russian Revolution(s)

February/March 1917 - October/November 1917

I. The First Revolution (February/March, 1917)

• 1. Causes

• a) Russian autocracy (tsar had full authority, limited constitution, Duma (parliament) exists but no authority, censorship

• b) social and economic backwardness

• c) WWI

Grigori Rasputin

watch this video and do the tasks about Rasputin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBr8a8mWAJc&ab_channel=TheGreatWar

Open Ended

List three interesting facts about Rasputin.

Poll

Rank the extent to which Rasputin can be blamed for the fall of the Romanovs (tsar Nicolas II)?

• 1 (just a little bit)

• 2 (a factor, but not an important one)

• 3 (significant factor, but there were others as well)

• 4 (to the greatest extent)

I. The First Revolution (Feb/March, 1917)

• 2. the abdication of tsar Nicolas II

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=287tFaZGOZg&t=86s&ab_channel=SmartHistoryofRussia

Poll

Rank the factors which led to the abdication of the tsar.

• disloyalty of the generals and mutinies

• general demonstrations (caused by bread rationing)

• the inability of the tsar to handle the situation

• the pressure from the Duma (parliament)

II. The Provisional Government

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOK1TMSyKcM&ab_channel=SimpleHistory

• 1. Dual power

• 2. Mistakes of the PG

• 3. Lenin and the Bolsheviks

Open Ended

Why was Lenin's slogan 'Peace, Bread, Land' so appealing to the masses?