Impact Graph - WW1 impact on social, political, economic and military.
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Course
Unit 2C.2 - Russia in revolution, 1894-1924
Institution
PEARSON (PEARSON)
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There was con8nuity in the fact The economic problems were
that the Tsar s8ll had ul8mate already present before WW1 and The state of the military changed to a large extent
power and oPen ignored his before the 1905 Revolu8on. The due to the military failures in WW1. Prior to WW1,
advisors. Autocracy was s8ll held economic weakness of the Tsarist the army had remained loyal to the Tsar when it
and this lack of change is what regime had been shown in the came to suppressing the 1905 Revolu8on. However,
The social problems did not contributed to the 1917 Russo-Japanese War which had WW1 was a more prolonged than the Russo-
change a large amount and if Revolu8on as it alienated the con8nued into WW1, leading to Japanese War and the soldiers suffered more food
they did they were a
shortages and even weapons shortages. They were
byproduct of the economic
more likely to surrender on the baKlefield and had
problems.
less aKachment to the Tsarist regime - sense of
However, there was some However, there is some change on Russian na8onality declining. Their lack of loyalty to
change in the 8ghtening of the intensity of the economic the Tsar led to them join the 1917 Revolu8on rather
repression of revolu8onary weaknesses. It was not a widespread than suppress it. Furthermore, there was a
The change in this was the short problem affected everyone a large significant change on the views of the army generals
ac8vity from Stolypin’s
term change in the power of amount. The shortages of fuel and as well as the soldiers. The military failures had been
policies (Stolypin’s neck8e).
Alexandra and Raspu8n in domes8c heat meant that only the nobility to
Addi8onally, the war caused blamed on the Tsar and his poor governance
poli8cs. Their greater involvement, afford it - peasants, workers and the
more deaths which is a social (par8cularly aPer he joined the Western Front) so
although they did not have as much middle class were impacted quite
problem and contributed to the generals believed that they needed a new leader
power as people made out, caused heavily. This 8me round it had a
infla8on and worse working/ and supported the abdica8on of the Tsar.
disillusionment among the nobility greater impact because men were
living condi8ons fro the
who despised Raspu8n for his figh8ng in the war meaning women However, it can not be said that it was a complete
peasants and workers
private life and beliefs. had to pick up the work load in change and there was some element of con8nuity.
(par8cularly women).
factories and in agriculture. The There were both wars prior to the revolu8on that
Con8nuity There was also a change in the
shortage of workers lost to the war led to military failures on the baKlefield, which
power the Duma had. Although
was a change that made it worse. caused embarrassment. But it can be said that the
there power was limited by the
military failures in WW1 had a greater impact
change in electoral law and the fact
because they caused widespread discontent:
the Duma’s were dissolved, the fact
military failures led to lack of confidence from
they existed did challenge the Tsar’s
nobility, soldiers = lack of support from Tsar for
authority to some extent and did
resources/sense of na8onality, peasants and women
play a poli8cal role in the
= largest group affected by war, workers = economic
Progressive Bloc and Zemgor
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