Question

Make list on the main event and the effectsof the ferbuary revolution

Answer 1

Dear Student

Events of February Revolution:
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• Weaknesses of Russia

1. The defeat of Russia in the hands of Japan in 1904 had been highly humiliating.
2. Huge population and the poor infrastructure made it difficult for the Government to carry on it administration effectively.
3. The economy was still dependent on the age old farm economy.
4. Poor working conditions and poverty spread everywhere.
5. Autocratic rule of Tsar Nicholas II.

• First World War

1. The loss of Russia in the Battles of Tannenberg and Masurian Lakes was not only humiliating but it also caused the death of around 200,000 men
2. People now lost all faith in the Government and in the army
3. Most soldiers were actually farmers. There withdrawal from the farms caused acute food shortages in the country

• The autocratic Rule of the Tsar

1. Both the Tsar and the Tsarina were unable to drive the country out of the crisis and thus the country seemed to lose all hopes in the Government.

Effects of February Revolution:

1. A provisional government under prime minister Krenskii was formed.

2. The bolshevik leader Vladmir Lenin returned to Russia from his exile in April .Lenin put up three demands [lenins'april theses] before the government.
Three demands were:
(i) the war be bought to a lose
(ii) land be transferred to the peasants
(iii) banks and industries and other economic sectors should be nationalised

3. Trade union and other soldier's committees were formed.

4. The provisional government powers were reduced and the bolshievik influence increased.

5. The workers movement spread in all the factories and industries of Russia.

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