ENGL 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Profit Motive, Trans-Siberian Railway, Winter Palace
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Main policy was to provide economic incentives. Agreement made between germany and russia to not invade each other. Fdr implemented government programs to stimulate the economy. Russia was tsarist 50 years prior to wwii. Involved with asia in attempting to create a trans-siberian railway. Japan wanted many of the things the russians wanted. 1904-1905: japan attacked russia"s positions on the mainland of asia. The romanov dynasty collapsed due to russia"s defeat by japan. The bolsheviks took power after the romanovs fell, and created the soviet. The day the workers marched on the winter palace in st. petersburg to demand change. Civil unrest quelled temporarily by the duma. Duma was a representative parliament which had very little real power. Industrialization of russia made it powerful in terms of industrial output, but it was still far behind other european countries. Had largest foreign debt in the world. The economic issues in russia and wwi contributed to the fall of the.
