History problems: as level?

  • can some on help me with this essay question because i do not have a clue!!!!:
    Assess the Reasons for the February/March Revolution in 1917



    Its for AS level and i really could do with help!!!!!!


    I will be eternally grateful!!!!

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  • 1) ww1
    2) Tsar Nicolas 2nd
    3) the elitist society where a few have too much and many have not enough.
    4)the Bolsheviks.
    The revolution had been building for decades but world war 1 really helped the cause. men were forced to leave their families to go and fight when their families were already starving. They were not paid or led properly and loads ended up deserting to go home to their families. The Romanov family (the royal family) were seen to be living a life of luxury when most of the population had nothing.
    Expand on these points and then go on to discuss Lenin, etc including Karl Marx' book on socialism/communism. There was another party but I've forgotten their name. ( It was 20yr ago I did this for gcse). Good luck and don't forget to fill it out wirh good blurb.


  • The February Revolution (March 1917) was a spontaneous popular revolution focused around St Petersburg. In the chaos, members of the Duma assumed control of the country, forming the Russian Provisional Government. The army leadership felt they did not have the means to suppress the revolution and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, the last Tsar of Russia, abdicated, effectively leaving the Provisional Government in power. The Soviets (workers' councils) which were led by more radical socialist factions initially permitted the new government to rule but insisted on a prerogative to influence the government and control various militias. The February Revolution took place in the context of the First World War, with much of the army in a state of mutiny.

    A period of dual power eventuated, in which the Provisional Government held state power and the national network of Soviets, led by socialists, had the allegiance of the lower-class citizens and the political left. During this chaotic period there were frequent mutinies and many strikes. The Provisional Government chose to remain in the war, whereas the policy of the Bolsheviks and other socialist factions was to abandon the war effort. The Bolsheviks formed workers militas into the Red Guards (later the Red Army) over which they exerted substantial control.[1] The Mensheviks, another socialist faction, were also fighting for control over the country at this time.








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