Russian Revolution

How did emancipation affect Russian Society?

• Serfdom ends

• Poverty increases

• Peasants could own land but had to pay largely inflated prices for 49 years, and were stuck to the land they were assigned

• Peasants had to pay reparations to the state

• Nobles had a decreased income because they were no longer able to hold serfs in their possession to do the work for them

• Nobles go into debt by continuing their lavish lifestyle, but with a lower income

• Emergence of the Populists, who believed emancipation didn’t fully help the serfs

What were the major differences between the Soviet Revolutionaries, Social Democrats, and Liberals?

What were the major differences between the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks?

Did the 1905 Revolution change Russia in any meaningful way?

What role did war play in the 1905 and February Revolutions?

What factors led to the February Revolution and the Tsar’s abdication?

How did the Provisional Government attempt to improve Russian society? Why did the Russian people turn against it?

How were the Bolsheviks able to hijack the Russian Revoltuion?

How did the Bolsheviks manage ti emerge victorious Russia’s Civil War?

How would a liberal view the outcome of the Russian Revolution?