HST 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Petrograd Soviet, Alexander Kerensky, Haemophilia
Document Summary
The trauma of world war one led to the rise of highly ideological (or totalitarian") political regimes. In russia, the strains of total war led to the outbreak of one liberal revolution, which was then followed by the bolshevik revolution: totalitarianism. Multi-ethnic empire: russia is huge, and very clearly behind other nations. Traditional, agrarian, feudal society: 1861: serfdom abolished (this happened in france in 1789) Industrialization begins: still an agrarian society, but in the 1890s we see foreign investment starting, largely the state is promoting industrialization not entrepreneurs, huge factories, no standards, poor treatment. Duma: no parliament, political parties, trade unions until 1905, duma 1905 came about after the russo-japanese war (1904-5, a revolution led to the duma"s creations. Tsar nicholas ii gets that russia is losing against westernization, but wants to slow the process down. Educated russians grow frustrated with the tsar and feel like russia is lagging: desire parliament, constitution, reforms.
