HIS242H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Saint Petersburg, Proletariat, War Communism
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Wwi acted as a catalyst for this change. Rapid industrialization: 5th largest in the world, threatening to autocracy (one person holds power) Urbanization: 18% of the population in urban areas. Controlled modernization : wanted to maintain tight control over society. Led to people wanting to overthrow the tsarist regime. Tsar had promised a more democratic government, the duma, but went back on his promise. Tsar nicholas personally in charge of the armed forces: only leader to be in charge of army in wwi. 1914-1916: 2 million russian soldiers were wounded or captured. More then 14 million people in russia were mobilized during the war. Increasingly taking more responsibilities in russia: crazy man. 2: concerned with what was happening with the strike, tsar was away, the duma that he tried to dissolve therefore met, elected a provisional committee to restore order in russia. 2: tried to give throne to brother, who refused, ended 300 year reign of the romanov dynasty.
