To what extent do you agree that it was defeat in the war which was the real factor of the Russian revolution ?
Title: To what extent do you agree that it was defeat in the war which was the real factor of the Russian revolution ?
Category: /History/European History
Details: Words: 621 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
To what extent do you agree that it was defeat in the war which was the real factor of the Russian revolution ?
Category: /History/European History
Details: Words: 621 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
The First World War broke out in 1914 as a result of assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the Austrian throne successor, in Sarajevo. Russia entered the war to defend Serbia and joined the Entente against the Central States. Russian army was backwarded and badly equipped so in clash with better equipped German armies she suffered many defeats. In this essay the author would like to show the impact of the First World War on the outbreak of …showed first 75 words of 621 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 621 total…Tsar was very unfavorable for the monarchy. He was very indecisive and weak but his greatest mistake was that he didn't want to abandon autocracy and modernize Russian political system. The political system remained outdated still autocratic, very repressive and severely corrupted. Looking at this situation one can say that the revolution was unavoidable nevertheless the author believes that without the war, which had a devastating impact on Russia, the monarchy wouldn't have fallen in 1917.