11.russia ww1
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History, Russia world war 1AlevelTRANSCRIPT
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RUSSIA: FIRST WORLD WAR
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Population repressed.
- Okhrana rooted out revolutionaries.
- University students & lecturers.- Mass deportation of Jews.
before the war began
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before the war began
Strikes were common.
April 1912: Lena goldfields massacre.
- striking workers were shot (270 shot).
Joseph Stalin declared: "The Lena shots brokethe ice of silence, and the river of popularresentment is flowing again. The ice has
broken. It has started!" Over 4000 strikes in the first 7 months of
1914.
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TRIPLE ENTENTE
BRITAIN
FRANCE
RUSSIA Formed in 1907.
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MILITARY ALLIANCES
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POST CARD
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RUSSIAN ARMY 1914
August 1914: Russia had the largest army in
the WORLD.
When fully mobilised, the number reached
over 5 million.
Russias poor roads/railways made it difficult
to deploy them all.
Tsars uncle Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich
was the Commander in chief of the army.
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GRAND DUKE
NICOLAI
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Russian Army Air Services (RAAS): largest airforce in the world (360 aircrafts, 16 airships).
Russian Navy:
- 4 battleships
- 10 cruisers
- 21 destroyers
- 11 submarines
- 50 torpedo boats
RUSSIAN ARMY 1914
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BATTLESHIP
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TORPEDO BOAT
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DESTROYER:
designed to
destroy othertorpedo boats.
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RUSSIAN REACTION TO WW1
Strong sense of patriotism.
Brought people together for a common cause.
Workers who had been protesting against thetsar also diverted their anger at the common
enemy: Germany.
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WAR BEGINS
August 1914: Russian armies entered East
Prussia (East Germany) under the general
Alexander Samsonov.
They planned to take over Berlin after Prussia
was done with.
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BATTLE OF TANNENBURG
By the end of August-beginning of September1914, Russian advance was stopped.
Fighting went on for 3 days.
Germans won over the Russians here. 30,000 Russians killed or wounded.
95,000 captured.
Only 10,000 of the 150,000 Russian soldiersmanaged to escape.
End of Sept: Russian victory in Austro-Hungary.
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WAR CONTINUES
Dec 1914: 6 million men in the Russian army.
Rifles: 4 million.
Untrained troops were ordered to fight in the
war.
In 1915 Russia suffered over 2 millioncasualties.
Lost Kurland (Latvia), Lithuania and much ofBelorussiadriven out of Russian Poland aswell.
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Report by Michael Rodzianko,
president of Duma
The army had neither wagons nor horses nor firstaid supplieswe visited the Warsaw stationwhere there were about 17,000 men wounded in
battle.At the station, we found a terrible scene: on theplatform in dirt, filth and cold, on the ground,even without straw, wounded men, who filled the
air with heart-rendering cries, dolefully asked:for Gods sake order them to dress our wounds.For 5 days we have not been attended to.
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Tsar Nicholas to his wife Alexandra,
July 1915.
again that cursed question of shortage of
artillery and rifle ammunition stands in the
way of an energetic advance. If we should
have 3 days of serious fighting, we might runout of ammunition altogether. Without new
rifles, it is impossible to fill up the gaps.
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CONTD.
The army is now almost stronger than in peacetime; it should be (and was at the beginning)three times as strong. This is the position we find
ourselves in at present.If we had a rest from fighting for about a month,our condition would greatly improve.
It is understood, of course, that what I say is
strictly for you only. Please do not say a word ofthis to any one.
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NICHOLAS II REACTS
BAD DECISION!
Sept 1915.
Nicholas II made himself the Commander inchief of the Russian Army.
He was not even qualified to command ONE
military unit.
Yet, he was attempting to command an army
of several MILLIONS.
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NICHOLAS II AS COMMANDER IN
CHIEF OF THE ARMY
He was personally responsible for the military
defeats.
If Nicholas II was away at the front, who would
be in charge back home?
Running of the Govt. and Administration
handed over to..
TSARINA ALEXANDRA.
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BRUSILOV OFFENSIVE 1916
Last major offensive (June-August 1916).
Launched by General Alexei Brusilov against
the Austro-Hungrarian army.
Russians were victorious at first.
The German Army sent reinforcements to help
their allies and gradually the Russians were
pushed back.
Russia lost almost a MILLION men.
Arthur Ransome made several visits
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Arthur Ransome made several visits
to the Eastern Front in 1916 and 1917.
I saw a great deal of that long-drawn out(extended) front and of the men who, ill-armed, ill-supplied, were holding it against an
enemy who, even in his anxiety to fight was nogreater than the Russian's, was infinitelybetter equipped.
I came back to Petrograd full of admiration forthe Russian soldiers who were holding thefront without enough weapons to go round.
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WW1
Total Russian soldiers in WW1: 13 million.
Casualties: 9.15 million.
Killed: 1.8 million.
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JULY 1917
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Helpful links
http://www.marxists.org/glossary/events/w/
ww1/russia.htm
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RUSfw
w.htm
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/russia_a
nd_world_war_one.htm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/
08/first-world-war-mobilisation
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Classwork
Without using any resources, think about the
social situation of Russia at a time like this.
How will the Russians react to WW1?
- Peasants
- Industrial workers
- Army- Revolutionaries
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RUSSIAN HOME FRONT WW1
PEASANTS (COUNTRYSIDE)
INDUSTRIAL WORKERS (TOWNS/CITIES)
ARMY
REVOLUTIONARIES
POLITICAL
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CONSCRIPTION
5.3 million men (9% of the population) in1914.
By the end of 1916, 15.3 million had served in
the military. What does this tell us about the situation back
at home?
- Who would be working?- Where would the food, fuel and govt. budget
spending go to?
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COUNTRYSIDE
Agricultural workers sent off to fight in the
WW1 (conscription): of rural population.
Horses sent to the army as wellhorses that
would otherwise be used to work on the
fields.
Railway lines taken over by the army as well.
Are soldiers the only ones who would use the
railway tracks?
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COUNTRYSIDE
CONSCRIPTION:
WORKERS TAKENAWAY
HORSES TAKEN
AWAY
RAILWAY TRACKS
OVERTAKEN
FOOD SHORTAGE
LOW
EFFICICIENCY
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TOWNS/CITIES
Food shortages: bread queues.
Fuel shortage: people were cold in the winter.
Railway tracks taken over by the army.
Prices rose 200%: cancelled out wages. Many industrial plants that produced
agricultural machinery were switched to war
production.
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FOOD SHORTAGES
FUEL SHORTAGE
RAILWAY TRACKS TAKEN
OVERBREAD QUEUES
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GOVT BUDGET
National Budget rose 8 fold between 1913-
1916.
So where would this money come from?
- Higher taxes (guess who would be paying
these).
- Loans
- Borrowing (from whom?)
Govt printed more moneyINFLATION.
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POLITICAL IMPACTS
Important bodies created to help with the war
effort.
Union of Zemstva (Zemgor-1915): medical
facilities for the army.
Progressive Bloc (Aug 1915): Duma deputies
(Kadets, Octobrists and Progressivists).
How did Nicholas II respond?
He refused their requests for change.
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RASPUTIN
http://www.damninteresting.com/the-death-
of-grigory-rasputin/
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