Causes and Course of the February/March Revolution (AQA A-Level History): Flashcards
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Date bread rationing scheduled to begin, Petrograd 1917
Date bread rationing scheduled to begin, Petrograd 1917
1 March
Nature of Feb Revolution (planned or unplanned?)
Nature of Feb Revolution (planned or unplanned?)
Unplanned uprising
Putilov Steel Works event, 22 Feb
Putilov Steel Works event, 22 Feb
20,000 workers locked out
Date that was turning point of Feb Revolution
Date that was turning point of Feb Revolution
23 Feb (International Women's Day)
Demonstrators in streets on 23 Feb 1917
Demonstrators in streets on 23 Feb 1917
240,000
Ideals symbolised by La Marseillaise
Ideals symbolised by La Marseillaise
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
What Cossacks refused to do, 25 Feb
What Cossacks refused to do, 25 Feb
Attack demonstrators when ordered
Mikhail Rodzianko's role in 1917
Mikhail Rodzianko's role in 1917
President of Fourth State Duma
27 Feb mutiny: soldiers and rifles joined
27 Feb mutiny: soldiers and rifles joined
66,000 soldiers, 40,000 rifles
Why soldiers joined the protestors
Why soldiers joined the protestors
Class solidarity; sympathies aligned with masses