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Timeline of the Revolution of March in 1917

Wednesday 7 March -managers of Putilove steel works closed, 20,000 workers were jobless and angry -other factory workers went to support them

Thursday 8 March -fifty factories closed down, about 90,000 went out of strike -subject on everyone's mind was bread

Friday 9 March 200,000 workers out of strike

Saturday 10 March -250,000 workers on strike -no trasport -food shortages -Cossacks refused to attack strikers

Sunday 11 March -President of Duma sends information to Tsar -the telegram talks about the horrible situation and Tsar responded by stopping the Duma meetings

Monday 12 March -mutiny began in Volinsky regiment -soldiers marched to center of Petrograd -Duma held a meeting, ignoring Tsar's orders -set up 12 man committee, Provisional Committee -revolutonaries set up Soviet of workers and soldiers -planned to take over government and get food

Tuesday 13 March -Tsar Nicholas says he will share power with the Duma but is rejected

Wednesday 14 March -army no longer supported Nicholas -Nicholas tried to return to Petrograd to take control once again

Thursday 15 march -halted by the revolutionaries, they made him agree to put Alexis in the throne -Alexis was ill, so the throne was given to Grand Duke Michael -Grand Duke Michael thought he would be as unpopular as Nicholas and stepped off -Russia now a republic



This picture is taken from the source below.

I personally found this website very interesting, it has all the details about the execution of Tsar Nicholas II and his family's execution. He and his whole family was killed, nobody lived the execution or managed to run away.

Link: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/nicholas.htm

This is a video that I found on www.youku.com It is a lecture about the Russian Revolution. The video may be a little boring to watch, however it manages to cover all material that we learn about the Russian Revolution and more.

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This is a link to the video in case the embedded one doesn't work: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTYzOTk1NTY0.html

Notes

Chapter 7-Russia at War, 1914-17 -War was popular news, hatred spread towards Germany -Nicholas renames St Petersbug to Petrograd because old name was like a German name

Early defeats -Russia should have won war with the 2 huge armies against one German army -Russians were badly equipped and led, almost a million men without rifles -Russian army wiped out in battle of Tannenberg and Masurian Lakes -250,000 Russians killed, wounded, taken prisoner -at end of 1914, Russia lost over a million men

The collapse of the economy -lack of workers caused fall of economy in 1915 -men were taken to fight, halving the workers number -600 factories closed due to lack of workers -farms no longer grew since nobody harvested -not enough trains for food and raw materials -1914, inflation occurred, Russian money lost value -end of 1915 300,000 Russians killed

'Dark forces destroying the throne' -Tsar Nicholas left Petrograd to personally command the army -big mistake, left Alexandra in charge who listened to Rasputin's every word -Alexandra fired ministers she disliked and replaced them with ones in her and Rasputin's favor -food was short of supply but now, almost unobtainable -rumors were going around how Alexandra was German and wanted to destroy Russia and Rasputin had German agents -Rasputin's death brought happiness but did not help Russia -a storm came and froze engines, damage and people were cold and hungry

Chapter 8-The Revolution of March 1917 -discontent tured into a revoltuoin -overthrew Tsar

Wednesday 7 March -managers of Putilove steel works closed, 20,000 workers were jobless and angry -other factory workers went to support them

Thursday 8 March -fifty factories closed down, about 90,000 went out of strike -subject on everyone's mind was bread

Friday 9 March 200,000 workers out of strike

Saturday 10 March -250,000 workers on strike -no trasport -food shortages -Cossacks refused to attack strikers

Sunday 11 March -President of Duma sends information to Tsar -the telegram talks about the horrible situation and Tsar responded by stopping the Duma meetings

Monday 12 March -mutiny began in Volinsky regiment -soldiers marched to center of Petrograd -Duma held a meeting, ignoring Tsar's orders -set up 12 man committee, Provisional Committee -revolutonaries set up Soviet of workers and soldiers -planned to take over government and get food

Tuesday 13 March -Tsar Nicholas says he will share power with the Duma but is rejected

Wednesday 14 March -army no longer supported Nicholas -Nicholas tried to return to Petrograd to take control once again

Thursday 15 march -halted by the revolutionaries, they made him agree to put Alexis in the throne -Alexis was ill, so the throne was given to Grand Duke Michael -Grand Duke Michael thought he would be as unpopular as Nicholas and stepped off -Russia now a republic

The Provisional Government

Two new governments -new government 12-man committee, Provisional Government -they resign after the elected group is in power -in Tauride Palace was another, the Petrograd Soviet -they gained support from soldiers and workers -first of Petrograd Soviet's actions was issue an order in the armed forces -called officers Mister Colonel or General instead of You Excellency -wanted all land given to peasants, factories given to workers -did not push their demands

Lenin and the April Theses -Bolsheviks was leading at the time of March Revolution -leader, Lenin -disagreed with revolutionaries co-operating with Provisional Government -wanted a second revolution -Germany helped Lenin get rid of Provisional Government -provided him with food, transport, etc. back to Germany -he announced should be end to war with Germany -he says, change name to 'Communists', no support should be given to the 'Provisional Government' and 'All power tot he Soviets!' -these ideas later known as April Theses -Lenin wanted second revolution immediately but many thought it not right -these doubts about Lenin was right, Russia attacked Austria which failed and caused retreat -many in army left and joined Bolsheviks -gained much support -the July Days were three days of rioting -Minister of War sent trops into Petrograd to break up mobs by killing and wouding 400 -Lenin fled to Finland

The Kornilove Revolt -Alexander Kerensky became Prime Minister -Comander in Chief of army, General Kornilov -planned to get rid of Soviet and arrest revolutionaries -this done to fight Germany without interference -Kornilov's troops went to Petrograd to get rid of Provisional Government -Bolsheviks set up defence force called Red Guards to defend him -Kornilov was arrested -Bolsheviks came out as heroes -won elections because of this -in October 1917, they were extremely powerful.

Chapter 10-The Bolshevik Revolution of November 1917 -September/October 1917 Kerensky and Provisional Government lost power -peasants rebelled soldiers refused to fight Germans, Bolsheviks ready for revolution

The state of Russia in September 1917 -peasants took control of land they grew food on -over 2000 farms, peasants killed landlords and divided land -seized land of Tsar and church -Kerensky sent soldiers to punish the peasants, but did not have enough soldiers -food shortage caused by the countryside violence -faced winter threat of famine -discipline broke in army -Soviet led soldiers to disobey orders -many deserted army went home -army caused chaos and violence, disobeying officer commands

The November Revolution -Lenin returned to Petrograd -he says 'Hunger does not wait.' the revolution has to go immediately -planned to stage n uprising against Provisional Government -set up headquarters in Smolny Institute for this -Trotsky did not make this secret because nobody could stop him -guards would support Bolsheviks -Red Guards ready for action -they seized power over different areas -Provisional Government headquarters in Winter Palace -Aurora, a cruiser sailed to Neva and fired blank shells at Winter Palace -Red Guards stormed Winter Palace -Bolsheviks now in power, got rid of Provisional Government

Summary

This section of the book starts off with events such as defeats in war, inflation, and many other issues within the country which eventually leads to the fall of Tsar Nicholas II as he loses his power. Later, Nicholas is gone to talk to the army himself and while he is gone, he puts Alexandra in place and this is a poor decision because she listens to everything Rasputin has to say. Right after, there is a revolution which overthrows Nicholas II and his family. The new ruling group is the Provisional Government which leads poorly and eventually loses power. This causes popularity for the Bolsheviks which make a second revolution where they overthrow and jail the people in the Provisional Government and they gain power of Russia.

Questions

What is the second revolution's objective? Describe. What is the Provisional Government, why is it important? What causes Nicholas to leave Petrogad, who is replaced? What do the Bolsheviks want after the first revolution? Why did the Germans help Lenin?