The 1917 Revolution (Feb.)
Began with riots and strikes in Petrograd
Feb.(March) revolution outsted the Tsar (abdication).
They want to end Royalty in Russia.
Aimed to replace him with a Provisional Government
Diarchy ensues.
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Feb.(March) revolution outsted the Tsar (abdication).
They want to end Royalty in Russia.
Aimed to replace him with a Provisional Government
Diarchy ensues.
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why dd the soviet union use a different calendar?
Leon Trotsky wrote of ‘the patriotic enthusiasm of the masses in Austria-Hungary’, Arthur Ransome in Russia of how ‘the moment welded the nation into one’, and Rosa Luxemburg of Germany’s ‘mad delirium’.Not all were swept up. The crowds were predominantly middle class. The mood in the factories and the workers’ districts was usually more subdued.
But politics shifted sharply to the right, the leaders of the labour movement capitulated to chauvinism, and such anti-war voices as remained could get no hearing. Tens of millions backed the war enthusiastically, and tens of millions more felt they had no choice but to support their own troops.
But politics shifted sharply to the right, the leaders of the labour movement capitulated to chauvinism, and such anti-war voices as remained could get no hearing. Tens of millions backed the war enthusiastically, and tens of millions more felt they had no choice but to support their own troops.