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This is a flow chart about the March Revolution 1917. On this map/chart, the most important events are recorded. This shows the whole March Revolution 1917 and everything that has happened. This is a picture of the Russian Red Guards. Red Guards are the Bolsheviks led armed force that helped Lenin with the Revolution to overthrow the Provisional Government.

Chapter 7: Russia at War, 1914-17
**Russia went to war in August 1914** **Early Defeats** **huge Russian armies attacked Germany at the end of August 1914** Failed Tannenberg and Masurian Lakes armies wiped out end of 1914, Russia lost over million of soldiers **The collapse of the economy** **in 1915, economy started to collapse** **Transportation** **'Dark forces destroying the throne'** **1915 Nicholas left Petrograd to army headquarters** **16 months, Alexandra did what she liked** **Minister change in such speed, govt work in halt** **In Petrograd, rumors about Rasputin and Alexandra** When Rasputin killed, everyone is happy **New year of 1917, began with blizzards**
 * very popular
 * hatred of Germany spread like wildfire
 * St Petersburg (sound like German) changed its name to Petrograd
 * won one
 * badly led, many with no rifle or boots
 * 15.5 million went to war, 600 factories had to close
 * not enough trains to keep the armies as well as the people supplied with food
 * coal supplies halted
 * power failed, many factories closed
 * Alexandra in charge of govt.( she was under influence of Rasputin)
 * sacked ministers who displeased her
 * 4 different PM, 5 Minister of the Interior.....
 * food fuel and ammunition became almost unobtainable
 * death toll over 1 million
 * they were german agents, destroying Russia from the inside
 * 1916, three nobles loyal murdered Rasputin
 * thousand of railway engine burst
 * supplies of grain coal, wood and oil dwindled to nothing
 * people freezing, conditions are right for revolution

Chapter 8: Revolution of March 1917
**Wednesday 7 March** **Thursday 8 March** **Friday 9 March** **Saturday 10 March** **Sunday 11 March** President of Duma, Michael Rodzianko, sent telegrame to the Tsar **Monday 12 March** **6 o'clock mutiny began in the Volinsky regiment of army** **Later that day, Duma held meeting despite the Tsar's order not to** **evening** **Tuesday 13 March** **Nicholas sent telegram that says he is willing to share power with Duma** **Wednesday 14 March** **no army supports Tsar, Nicholas tries to came back and control situation** **Thursday 15 March** **nicholas gave throne to Alexis** **Grand Duke Michael feared he would be as unpopular as Nicholas** **Russia became a republic**
 * pay talks broke down, 20,000 tough men on street angry
 * other workers went on strike to support steel workers
 * 50 factories closed down, 90,000 workers went out on strike
 * International Women's day, 1000s of socialist women on street
 * 200,000 workers were on strike
 * persistently dispelled by the police
 * 250.000 workers were on strike
 * no public transport of newspaper
 * food shortages continued
 * situation serious, govt. paralysed, wild shooting on street, people want formation of new govt.
 * Tsar's response was to stop Duma meeting
 * sergeant shot commander dead
 * set up 12 men committee called the Provisional Committee to take over govt.
 * revolutionaries set up a Soviet, or council
 * Petrograd Soviet also intetended to take over the govt
 * Rodzianko replied it was too late
 * his train back was stopped by revolutionaries
 * realize Alexis too sick, so gave throne to brother Grand Duke Michael
 * he abdicated in 24 hrs
 * country governed by elected leader
 * Provisional Committee or Petrograd Soviet??

Chapter 9: The Provisional Government
**Two new governments** **new govt. was the 12-men committee** **in the Tauride Palace, second unofficial govt. Petrograd Soviet** **1st thing was to issue an order to armed forces** **2500 deputies were SRs, Mensheviks and Bolsheviks** **Lenin and the April Theses** **Lenin disagreed with the co-operation** **Germans happy to help Lenin get back home** **Lenin gave speech to Bolsheviks** April These great surprise to the Bolsheviks **June 1917 the Russians attacked Austria** **soldiers wanted power to Bolsheviks** **July days** **The Kornilov Revolt** Alexander Kerensky became PM of Provisional Govt. **Commander-in chief Kornilov** **Kornoilov's troops were the best﻿﻿﻿﻿** **Kerensky allowed Bolsheviks to set up force, Red Guard** **Bolsheviks came out as heros**
 * called themselves Provisional Government (govern Russia until meeting was held)
 * elected by working people, aimed to protect the interests of working people
 * whatever Petrograd Soviet decided was imitated by other soviets
 * Order No.1 Soldiers and sailor set up committees to take control of all arms
 * Obeyed in all parts of army and navy
 * Control armed forces
 * wanted all land to peasants, all factories to workers
 * Soviet did not want to push their demands
 * co-operate with Provisional Govt.
 * wants to get back to France and start second revolution
 * trouble for Provisional Govt. help Germans
 * provided Lenin with food, money and a special train
 * end war with Germany
 * only give soviet power, Bolsheviks should be called communist
 * later known as the April These
 * retreated
 * 100,000 soldiers and Bolsheviks roamed the street
 * Minister of war, Alexander Kerensky, sent loyal troops to Petrograd
 * harmed 400 people
 * claimed Lenin was German agent
 * Lenin fled, other leaders arrested
 * believed that he himself should be in charge
 * plan to get rid of Petrograd soviet
 * take control of Provisional Govt. and fight German without interference
 * savage division, and cossacks
 * seems like revolt would succeed
 * 25,000 Bolsheviks armed
 * Kornoilov's army refuse to fight against workers
 * Kornoilov soon arrested
 * majority seats in Petrograd Soviet and Soviets of Moscow
 * Oct. 1917 Bolsheviks more powerful than ever
 * thinking about 2nd revolution

Chapter 10: The Bolshevik Revolution of November 1917
**The state of Russia in September 1917** **waited since march for Provisional Govt to give land** **Kerensky sent out punish expeditions** Violence in countryside led to food shortage **armies, discipline was breaking down** **The November Revolution** October 1917, Lenin returned from Finland at Bolshevik meeting, he said revolution should start now **Leon Tortsky, Bolshevik chairman of Petrograd drew up plans** **6 November** **Provisional Govt. has its headquarters in the Winter Palace** **November 7th** Next day Lenin announced he is setting up new govt.
 * 2000 farms, famers killed landlords, split up lands among themselves
 * seized lands of Church and the Tsar
 * keep peasants from taking land
 * not enough loyal troops to do dirty work
 * trend goes on
 * 1000s of soldier deserting from army every week
 * everywhere in army, drunkenness, chaos
 * set up headquarters in the Smolny Institute, a disused school
 * army said to support them
 * Red guards that were armed took action
 * took control of most important locations
 * guarded only by army cadets and Women's Battalion of the army
 * a cruiser, the Aurora, captured by Bolsheviks sailed up the river Neva and fired at Winter Palace
 * Red guards stormed in Palace
 * cadets and Women's Battalion of the army gave in
 * Provisional Govt. surrendered and arrested

Summary
Russia failed at war, which led to collapse of economy and Rasputin and Alexandra leading the whole country; Rasputin was later on killed. People in the streets hada revolution that kicked Nicholas off the throne, and Russia became republic. Alexander Kerensky became PM of Provisional Government and allowed Bolsheviks to set up the Red Guards, which helped to get rid of the Kornilov Revolt. Lenin came back and led Bolsheviks for second revolution, and they controlled Petrograd (Lenin setting up new govt.)

Questions
1. Explain the quote: "Dark forces destroying the throne" 2. Why was everyone happy when Rasputin died? 3. Why did the 20,000 steels workers go on strike during the revolution of March 1917? 4. What is the April Theses? 5. Summarize the events in the November Revolution.