2. 1. The age of social change
âĸInfluence of French Revolution- new ideas of rights,
freedom, democracy
âĸâLiberalsâ or Radicals demanded a complete transformation
of society
âĸBut âConservativesâ , not.
âĸâLiberalsâ: wanted: a)a nation , not an empire- which
tolerate all religions.
âĸ b) opposed uncontrolled power of dynasties.
âĸ c) rights to citizens, elected govt.
âĸ But they were not democrats: not believed in UAF- (only
to land lords, and not to women)
âĸRadicals: a nation based on majority- supported woman's
suffrage ( suffragette)- opposed privileges to the
landlords- not against private property.
âĸ âConservativesâ: (opposed both Lib. and Rad.)- against
changes- no revolutionabdul shumz kv kanjikode 2
3. Industrial society and social changes:
īŽ Industrialization- New cities-
railways-
īŽ Factories- men and women- low
wages-long work hours- exploitation-
housing and sanitation problems-
benefits only to industrialists â not to
workers- Liberals demanded
changes: freedom, encouraged
revolutions-
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4. īŽ A new new set of ideas â against
private property- welfare of the
people- control of society and not
individuals- collective social interests.
īŽ Different visions: 1) idea of co
operatives. [ Robert Owen, USA- a
community: New Harmony in
Indiana] & [Louis Blanc, France]
īŽ Karl Marx.
Coming of Socialism to Europe
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5. īŽ Karl Marx and Friederich Engels: against
âCapitalistsâ- against private property-
-a Communist society -
Karl Marx
Activity: List 2 differences between:
capitalist and socialist ideas or private
property.
īŽ Support for socialism : new ideas- to
co ordinate, formed, Second
International.
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6. īŽ Workers of England & Germany
formed associations- 1) set up funds
to help members-2) demanded
reduction of work hrs-
3) right to vote.
īŽ These associations , in Germany
worked with Social Democratic Party
īŽ Labor party in Britain (1905)
īŽ Socialist party in France.
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7. Pre-Revolutionary Russia
īŽ Only true autocracy
left in Europe
īŽ No type of
representative
political institutions
īŽ Nicholas II became
tsar in 1884
īŽ Believed he was the
absolute ruler
appointed by God
īŽ Russo-Japanese War
(1904) â defeat led to
pol. instability
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9. īŽ People:
īŽ Farmers- Agriculture- 85% of population-
Russia was a major exporter of food grains
īŽ Industries : 2 cities- St. Petersburg &
Moscow.- many factories
īŽ Railways-
īŽ Crafts men, factory workers
īŽ 31% factory workers were women-paid
less than half-
īŽ Workers formed associations. Started
strike work-
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10. īŽ In villages: peasants- farming
īŽ Nobles, powerful land owners-
īŽ Often clashes and killings- no rent
payment-
īŽ Russian peasants pooled their land
together and their commune
divided it according to the need of
families.
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11. Socialism in Russia.
īŽ All parties banned in 1914.
īŽ Russian Social Democratic Workers Party,
1898, operated illegal actions â mobilized
workers- strikes- a newspaper.
īŽ Socialists formed a party: S Rev. Party,
1900- struggled for peasants rights- to
transfer land to peasants-
īŽ Party was divided 2- Mensheviks: open to all
īŽ Bolsheviks: by VI Lenin- disciplined &
controled number, quality of members.
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12. The 1905 Revolution
īŽ Russian autocracy- no respect to
parliament-
īŽ Democrats and revolutionaries demanded
a constitution- supported by nationalists &
Muslim dominated areas by Jadidists-.
īŽ 1904â rose in price- less wages- 4 workers
dismissed- strike by 110,000 at St.
Petersburg-demands: 8 hrs work, wages-
better working conditions.
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13. The Revolution of 1905
īŽ Rapid growth of
(discontented) working
class
īŽ Vast majority of workers
concentrated in St.
Petersburg and Moscow
īŽ Little help from the
countryside:
impoverished peasants â
Populist Movements of
the 1870s and later had
done little to improve
their lot
â No individual land
ownership
â Rural Famine
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14. īŽ Procession led by Father Gapon,
attacked by police at winter palace- 100
workers killed- 300 wounded- known as
âBloody Sundayâ.
īŽ Started series of events- known as:
1905 Revolution.
īŽ Strikes everywhere- unive. closed.
īŽ Middle class, lawyers, doct, engr,
demanded a constituent assembly.
īŽ Tsar allowed to form parliament: Duma
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15. īŽAfter 1905 all unions banned-
severe restrictions-
īŽafter 75 days Duma was
dismissed- formed 2 Duma-
changed voting laws- filled
with more conservatives- no
questioning- no liberals/
revolutionaries.
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16. First World War īŽ 1914- 2 Alliances-
Germany, Austria &
Turkey[central power]
īŽ France , Birtain &
Russia and later Italy.
īŽ Global , fought out of
europe.
īŽ Tsar didnât consult
Duma
īŽ Anti German feeling
īŽ St. Petersburg
(german name)
renamed as Petrograd.
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17. īŽ Tsarina Alexandra
was a German
īŽ Rasputin, a monk
and advisor to
king, made the
autocracy
unpopular.
īŽ Till 1916 faced
defeats from
Germany- 7 million
died 1914.
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18. Alexandra: The Power Behind the
Throne
īŽ Even more blindly
committed to
autocracy than her
husband
īŽ She was under the
influence of Rasputin
īŽ Origins of Rasputinâs
power - ?
īŽ Scandals surrounding
Rasputin served to
discredit the
monarchyabdul shumz kv kanjikode 18
19. īŽ 3 million refugees
īŽ Destruction of crops and buildings
īŽ Soldiers hesitated to fight.
īŽ Able bodied were recruited to
army
īŽ so labour shortages
īŽ Industries collapsed
īŽ Shortage of food grains
īŽ High price
īŽ 1916, riots for bread.
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20. īŽ conditions deteriorated,
rev. became possible,
esp. w/ Leninâs
involvement
īŽ he had gravitated
towards the Social Dem.
Workersâ Party of George
Plekhanov â they believed
in dialectical materialism
and thus favoured
modernization/capitalism
(which the czars also
favoured as a measure to
catch up w/ the w.
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21. Conservatism Continues:
1905-1917
īŽ Tsar paid no
attention to the
Duma; it was
harassed and
political parties
suppressed â
only token land
reform was
passed
īŽ Nicholas was
personally a very
weak man; he
became
increasingly
remote as a ruler
īŽ Numerous soviets
thus began to
appearabdul shumz kv kanjikode 21
22. World War I: âThe Last Strawâ
īŽ War revealed the
ineptitude and
arrogance of the
countryâs
aristocratic elite
īŽ Corrupt military
leadership had
contempt for
ordinary Russian
people
īŽ Average
peasants had
very little
invested in the
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23. World War I (cont)
īŽ ill-trained, ineffective
officers, poorly equipped
(Russ. was not ready for
ind. war) â the result
was mass desertions and
2 million casualties by
1915
īŽ Result: Chaos and
Disintegration of the
Russian Army
īŽ Battle of Tannenberg
(August, 1914) â
massive defeat at hands
of Hindenburg and Ger.
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24. The Collapse of the Imperial
Government
īŽ Nicholas left for the
FrontâSeptember, 1915
īŽ Alexandra and Rasputin
throw the government
into chaos
īŽ Alexandra and other
high government officials
accused of treason
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25. The Collapse of the Imperial
Government (cont)
īŽ Rasputin assassinated in
December of 1916
īŽ Complete
mismanagement of the
wartime economy
īŽ ind. production
plummeted, inflation and
starvation were rampant,
and the cities were
overflowing w/ refugees
īŽ they became a hotbed for
pol. activism, and this
was ignited by serious
food shortages in March
1917, esp. in St.
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26. The Two Revolutions of 1917
īŽ The March
Revolution
(March 12)
īŽ The November
Revolution
(November 6)
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27. The March
Revolution
īŽ Origins: Food riots/strikes
īŽ Duma declared itself a
Provisional Government on
March12
īŽ Tsar ordered soldiers to
intervene; instead they
joined the rebellionâĻthe
Tsar thus abdicated on
March 17
īŽ the Menshevik Alexander
Kerensky headed the
Provisional Government,
along w/ Prince Lvov
â Very Popular Revolution
â Kerensky favoured gradual
socialist reform/ saw the war
effort as #1 priority
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28. Kornilov Affair
īŽ General Kornilov
attempted to
overthrow Provisional
Government with
military takeover
īŽ To prevent this
takeover, Kerensky
freed many Bolshevik
leaders from prison
and supplied arms to
many revolutionaries
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29. The Petrograd Soviet
ī§ leftists in St.
Petersburg formed the
Petrograd Soviet,
which they claimed to
be the legit. govât
ī§ Ger. was aware of the
Russ. situation and
began to concentrate
on the W. Front
ī§ Ger. even played a role
in returning Lenin to
Russia, so he could
foment rev.
â Having been
granted âsafe
passageâ, Lenin
returned in Aprilabdul shumz kv kanjikode 29
30. Soviet Political Ideology
īŽ More radical and
revolutionary than
the Provisional
Government
īŽ Most influenced by
Marxist socialism
īŽ Emulated western
socialism
īŽ Two Factions
-- âMensheviksâ
-- âBolsheviksâ
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31. Founder of Bolshevism: Vladimir Lenin
īŽ His Early Years
--Exiled to Siberia in 1897
īŽ Committed to Class Struggle
and Revolution
īŽ Moved to London in 1902
and befriended Leon Trotsky
īŽ What is to be Done?
â vanguard is required to lead
the rev. (thus rev. from
above) ī this split the SDWP
in 2
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32. Lenin Steps into This Vacuum
īŽ Amnesty granted to all political
prisoners in March of 1917
īŽ Leninâs arrival in Petrograd
īŽ A tremendously charismatic
personality
īŽ âPeace, Land, Breadâ
īŽ âAll Power to the Sovietsâ
īŽ He preached that the war was a
capitalist/imperialist war that
offered no rewards for the
peasants/workers; he also felt
the war was over w/ the czarâs
abdication
īŽ Bolshevik party membership
exploded; their power was
consolidated
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33. ī§ Lenin formed the
Military-Revolutionary
Council and in May
1917 he urged the Pet.
Soviet to pass Army
Order # 1
âThis gave control of
the army to the
common soldiers;
discipline thus
collapsed, and
Kerensky was
undermined
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34. The November Revolution
īŽ Nov. 6, 1917âĻ
īŽ this was the ideological
aspect of the rev., w/ the
coup itself planned by Leon
Trotsky, who had gained the
confidence of the army (=
the âRed Miracleâ)
īŽ Lenin went on to consolidate
his power in Jan. 1918 when
he disbanded the
Constituent Assembly (had
replaced the Duma) â the
Bolsheviks had not gained a
majority there in late Nov.
elections - Russ. dem. thus
terminated ī a Council of
Peopleâs Commissars was
created
īŽ All private property was
abolished and divided among
the peasantry
īŽ Largest industrial
enterprises nationalizedabdul shumz kv kanjikode 34
35. November Revolution (cont)
īŽ Political Police
organized: CHEKA
īŽ Revolutionary
army created with
Trotsky in charge
= âRed Armyâ
īŽ Bolshevik Party
renamed
Communist Party
in March of 1918
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36. November Revolution (cont)
īŽ Leninâs 1st task was to
get Russia out of the war
so he could concentrate
on internal reformâĻ
īŽ The Treaty of Brest-
Litovsk negotiated with
the Germans, giving them
much Russian territory,
population, and
resources
īŽ Civil War followed, 1917-
1920
ī âRedsâ versus âWhitesâ
īŽ Complete breakdown of
Russian economy and
society
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37. Interpreting the Russian Revolution
īŽ The official Marxist
interpretation
ī The importance of a
permanent international
revolution
īŽ Function of Russian
History and Culture
īŽ Imposed Revolution on
an unwilling victim
īŽ A Social RevolutionâĻ
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