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The Russian Revolution was a pair of revolutions in Russia in 1917 which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the rise of the Soviet Union. The Russian Empire collapsed with the abdication of Emperor Nicholas II and the old regime was replaced by a provisional government during the first revolution of February 1917 . Alongside it arose grassroots community assemblies which contended for authority. In the second revolution that October, the Provisional Government was toppled and all power was given to the soviets. The February Revolution was a revolution focused around Petrograd , the capital of Russia at that time. In the chaos, members of the Imperial parliament assumed control of the country, forming the Russian Provisional Government which was heavily dominated by the interests of large capitalists and the noble aristocracy. The army leadership felt they did not have the means to suppress the revolution, resulting in Nicholas's abdication. The soviets, which were dominate...
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00:04:56: Background
00:12:40: Economic and social changes
00:17:27: Political issues
00:21:39: World War I
00:29:47: February Revolution
00:33:51: Between February and throughout October: Dual Power dvoevlastie)
00:45:03: October Revolution
00:48:06: Russian Civil War
00:51:34: Execution of the imperial family
00:53:28: The revolution and the world
00:54:46: Historiography
00:55:42: Chronology of events leading to the revolution
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00:03:59 1 Geography
00:05:07 2 Propaganda
00:06:16 3 Initial situation in belligerent countries
00:06:28 3.1 Germany
00:07:40 3.2 Romania
00:10:27 3.3 Russia
00:12:52 3.3.1 Russian propaganda
00:14:33 3.4 Austria-Hungary
00:18:51 4 Russia prior to 1914
00:21:14 4.1 First combat (August 1914)
00:23:37 5 1915
00:25:28 5.1 Russo-Turkish offensive, winter 1915–16
00:27:58 6 1916
00:28:41 6.1 Brusilov Offensive
00:31:01 6.2 Romania enters the war
00:36:34 6.3 Aftermath of 1916
00:37:17 7 1917
00:37:27 7.1 Russia – the February Revolution
00:39:29 7.2 Romania – the Summer Campaign and aftermath
00:42:10 7.3 Russia – the October Revolution
00:44:01 8 1918
00:46:36 8.1 Formation of the Red Army
00:47:31 8.2 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (March 1918)
00:49:26 9 Role of women on the Eastern Front
00:51:55 10 Prisoners of War in Russia
00:54:33 11 Disease on the Eastern Front
00:57:22 12 Casualties
00:58:56 13 Territorial changes
00:59:06 13.1 Austria
00:59:46 13.2 Czechoslovakia
01:01:12 13.3 Hungary
01:01:50 13.4 Italy
01:02:04 13.5 Poland
01:03:09 13.6 Romania
01:03:45 13.7 Yugoslavia
01:04:26 14 See also
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The Eastern Front or Eastern Theater of World War I (German: Ostfront, Russian: Восточный фронт, Vostochnıy front) was a theater of operations that encompassed at its greatest extent the entire frontier between the Russian Empire and Romania on one side and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire and the German Empire on the other. It stretched from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south, involved most of Eastern Europe and stretched deep into Central Europe as well. The term contrasts with Western Front, which was being fought in Belgium and France.
During 1910, Russian General Yuri Danilov developed Plan 19 under which four armies would invade East Prussia. This plan was criticised as Austria-Hungary could be a greater threat than the German Empire. So instead of four armies invading East Prussia, the Russians planned to send two armies to East Prussia, and two armies to defend against Austro-Hungarian forces invading from Galicia. In the opening months of the war, the Imperial Russian Army attempted an invasion of eastern Prussia in the northwestern theater, only to be beaten back by the Germans after some initial success. At the same time, in the south, they successfully invaded Galicia, defeating the Austro-Hungarian forces there. In Russian Poland, the Germans failed to take Warsaw. But by 1915, the German and Austro-Hungarian armies were on the advance, dealing the Russians heavy casualties in Galicia and in Poland, forcing it to retreat. Grand Duke Nicholas was sacked from his position as the commander-in-chief and replaced by the Tsar himself. Several offensives against the Germans in 1916 failed, including Lake Naroch Offensive and the Baranovichi Offensive. However, General Aleksei Brusilov oversaw a highly successful operation against Austria-Hungary that became known as the Brusilov Offensive, which saw the Russian Army make large gains.The Kingdom of Romania entered the war in August 1916. The Entente promised the region of Transylvania (which was part of Austria-Hungary) in return for Romanian support. The Romanian Army invaded Transylvania and had initial successes, but was forced to stop and was pushed back by the Germans and Austro-Hungarians when Bulgaria attacked them in the south. Meanwhile, a revolution occurred in Russia in February 1917 (one of the several causes being the hardships of the war). Tsar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate and a Russian Provisional Government was founded, with Georgy Lvov as its first leader, who was eventually replaced by Alexander Kerensky.
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Eastern Front of World War I | Wikipedia audio article
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00:03:27 1 Geography
00:04:29 2 Propaganda
00:05:32 3 Initial situation in belligerent countries
00:05:43 3.1 Germany
00:06:47 3.2 Romania
00:09:13 3.3 Russia
00:11:21 3.3.1 Russian propaganda
00:12:52 3.4 Austria-Hungary
00:16:42 4 Russia prior to 1914
00:18:47 4.1 First combat (August 1914)
00:20:50 5 1915
00:22:29 5.1 Russo-Turkish offensive, winter 1915–16
00:24:42 6 1916
00:25:21 6.1 Brusilov Offensive
00:27:25 6.2 Romania enters the war
00:32:20 6.3 Aftermath of 1916
00:33:00 7 1917
00:33:10 7.1 Russia – the February Revolution
00:34:58 7.2 Romania – the Summer Campaign and aftermath
00:37:20 7.3 Russia – the October Revolution
00:38:58 8 1918
00:41:16 8.1 Formation of the Red Army
00:42:05 8.2 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (March 1918)
00:43:49 9 Role of women on the Eastern Front
00:46:03 10 Prisoners of War in Russia
00:48:21 11 Disease on the Eastern Front
00:50:52 12 Casualties
00:52:18 13 Territorial changes
00:52:28 13.1 Austria
00:53:04 13.2 Czechoslovakia
00:54:23 13.3 Hungary
00:54:57 13.4 Italy
00:55:11 13.5 Poland
00:56:10 13.6 Romania
00:56:42 13.7 Yugoslavia
00:57:21 14 See also
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SUMMARY
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The Eastern Front or Eastern Theater of World War I (German: Ostfront, Russian: Восточный фронт, Vostochnıy front) was a theater of operations that encompassed at its greatest extent the entire frontier between the Russian Empire and Romania on one side and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire and the German Empire on the other. It stretched from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south, involved most of Eastern Europe and stretched deep into Central Europe as well. The term contrasts with Western Front, which was being fought in Belgium and France.
During 1910, Russian General Yuri Danilov developed Plan 19 under which four armies would invade East Prussia. This plan was criticised as Austria-Hungary could be a greater threat than the German Empire. So instead of four armies invading East Prussia, the Russians planned to send two armies to East Prussia, and two armies to defend against Austro-Hungarian forces invading from Galicia. In the opening months of the war, the Imperial Russian Army attempted an invasion of eastern Prussia in the northwestern theater, only to be beaten back by the Germans after some initial success. At the same time, in the south, they successfully invaded Galicia, defeating the Austro-Hungarian forces there. In Russian Poland, the Germans failed to take Warsaw. But by 1915, the German and Austro-Hungarian armies were on the advance, dealing the Russians heavy casualties in Galicia and in Poland, forcing it to retreat. Grand Duke Nicholas was sacked from his position as the commander-in-chief and replaced by the Tsar himself. Several offensives against the Germans in 1916 failed, including Lake Naroch Offensive and the Baranovichi Offensive. However, General Aleksei Brusilov oversaw a highly successful operation against Austria-Hungary that became known as the Brusilov Offensive, which saw the Russian Army make large gains.The Kingdom of Romania entered the war in August 1916. The Entente promised the region of Transylvania (which was part of Austria-Hungary) in return for Romanian support. The Romanian Army invaded Transylvania and had initial successes, but was forced to stop and was pushed back by the Germans and Austro-Hungarians when Bulgaria attacked them in the south. Meanwhile, a revolution occurred in Russia in February 1917 (one of the several causes being the hardships of the war). Tsar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate and a Russian Provisional Government was founded, with Georgy Lvov as its first leader, who was eventually replaced by Alexander Kerensky.
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The Russian Revolution was a pair of revolutions in Russia in 1917 which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the rise of the Soviet Union. The Russian Empire collapsed with the abdication of Emperor Nicholas II and the old regime was replaced by a provisional government during the first revolution of February 1917 (March in the Gregorian calendar; the older Julian calendar was in use in Russia at the time). Alongside it arose grassroots community assemblies (called 'soviets') which contended for authority. In the second revolution that October, the Provisional Government was toppled and all power was given to the soviets.
The February Revolution (March 1917) was a revolution focused around Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg), the capital of Russia at that time. In the chaos, members of the Imperial parliament (the Duma) assumed control of the country, forming the Russian Provisional Government which was heavily dominated by the interests of large capitalists and the noble aristocracy. The army leadership felt they did not have the means to suppress the revolution, resulting in Nicholas's abdication. The soviets, which were dominated by soldiers and the urban industrial working class, initially permitted the Provisional Government to rule, but insisted on a prerogative to influence the government and control various militias. The February Revolution took place in the context of heavy military setbacks during the First World War (1914–18), which left much of the Russian Army in a state of mutiny.
A period of dual power ensued, during which the Provisional Government held state power while the national network of soviets, led by socialists, had the allegiance of the lower classes and, increasingly, the left-leaning urban middle class. During this chaotic period there were frequent mutinies, protests and many strikes. Many socialist political organizations were engaged in daily struggle and vied for influence within the Duma and the soviets, central among which were the Bolsheviks (Ones of the Majority) led by Vladimir Lenin who campaigned for an immediate end to the war, land to the peasants, and bread to the workers. When the Provisional Government chose to continue fighting the war with Germany, the Bolsheviks and other socialist factions were able to exploit virtually universal disdain towards the war effort as justification to advance the revolution further. The Bolsheviks turned workers' militias under their control into the Red Guards (later the Red Army) over which they exerted substantial control.In the October Revolution (November in the Gregorian calendar), the Bolsheviks led an armed insurrection by workers and soldiers in Petrograd that successfully overthrew the Provisional Government, transferring all its authority to the soviets with the capital being relocated to Moscow shortly thereafter. The Bolsheviks had secured a strong base of support within the soviets and, as the now supreme governing party, established a federal government dedicated to reorganizing the former empire into the world's first socialist republic, practicing soviet democracy on a national and international scale. The promise to end Russia's participation in the First World War was honored promptly with the Bolshevik leaders signing the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany in March 1918. To further secure the new state, the Cheka was established which functioned as a revolutionary security service that sought to weed out and punish those considered to be enemies of the people in campaigns consciously modeled on similar events during the French Revolution.
Soon after, civil war erupted among the Reds (Bolsheviks), the Whites (counter-revolutionaries), the independence movements and the non-Bolshevik socialists. It continued for several years, during which the Bolsheviks defeated both the Whites and all rival socialists and thereafter reconstituted themselves as the Communist Party. In this way, the Revoluti ...
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- Socrates
SUMMARY
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The Russian Revolution was a pair of revolutions in Russia in 1917 which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the rise of the Soviet Union. The Russian Empire collapsed with the abdication of Emperor Nicholas II and the old regime was replaced by a provisional government during the first revolution of February 1917 (March in the Gregorian calendar; the older Julian calendar was in use in Russia at the time). Alongside it arose grassroots community assemblies (called 'soviets') which contended for authority. In the second revolution that October, the Provisional Government was toppled and all power was given to the soviets.
The February Revolution (March 1917) was a revolution focused around Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg), the capital of Russia at that time. In the chaos, members of the Imperial parliament (the Duma) assumed control of the country, forming the Russian Provisional Government which was heavily dominated by the interests of large capitalists and the noble aristocracy. The army leadership felt they did not have the means to suppress the revolution, resulting in Nicholas's abdication. The soviets, which were dominated by soldiers and the urban industrial working class, initially permitted the Provisional Government to rule, but insisted on a prerogative to influence the government and control various militias. The February Revolution took place in the context of heavy military setbacks during the First World War (1914–18), which left much of the Russian Army in a state of mutiny.
A period of dual power ensued, during which the Provisional Government held state power while the national network of soviets, led by socialists, had the allegiance of the lower classes and, increasingly, the left-leaning urban middle class. During this chaotic period there were frequent mutinies, protests and many strikes. Many socialist political organizations were engaged in daily struggle and vied for influence within the Duma and the soviets, central among which were the Bolsheviks (Ones of the Majority) led by Vladimir Lenin who campaigned for an immediate end to the war, land to the peasants, and bread to the workers. When the Provisional Government chose to continue fighting the war with Germany, the Bolsheviks and other socialist factions were able to exploit virtually universal disdain towards the war effort as justification to advance the revolution further. The Bolsheviks turned workers' militias under their control into the Red Guards (later the Red Army) over which they exerted substantial control.In the October Revolution (November in the Gregorian calendar), the Bolsheviks led an armed insurrection by workers and soldiers in Petrograd that successfully overthrew the Provisional Government, transferring all its authority to the soviets with the capital being relocated to Moscow shortly thereafter. The Bolsheviks had secured a strong base of support within the soviets and, as the now supreme governing party, established a federal government dedicated to reorganizing the former empire into the world's first socialist republic, practicing soviet democracy on a national and international scale. The promise to end Russia's participation in the First World War was honored promptly with the Bolshevik leaders signing the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany in March 1918. To further secure the new state, the Cheka was established which functioned as a revolutionary security service that sought to weed out and punish those considered to be enemies of the people in campaigns consciously modeled on similar events during the French Revolution.
Soon after, civil war erupted among the Reds (Bolsheviks), the Whites (counter-revolutionaries), the independence movements and the non-Bolshevik socialists. It continued for several years, during which the Bolsheviks defeated both the Whites and all rival socialists and thereafter reconstituted themselves a ...
Eastern Front (World War I) | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:03:57 1 Geography
00:05:06 2 Propaganda
00:06:16 3 Initial situation in belligerent countries
00:06:28 3.1 Germany
00:07:39 3.2 Romania
00:10:24 3.3 Russia
00:12:48 3.3.1 Russian propaganda
00:14:26 3.4 Austria-Hungary
00:18:49 4 Russia prior to 1914
00:21:09 4.1 First combat (August 1914)
00:23:28 5 1915
00:25:20 5.1 Russo-Turkish offensive, winter 1915–16
00:27:49 6 1916
00:28:31 6.1 Brusilov Offensive
00:30:52 6.2 Romania enters the war
00:36:24 6.3 Aftermath of 1916
00:37:07 7 1917
00:37:17 7.1 Russia – the February Revolution
00:39:19 7.2 Romania – the Summer Campaign and aftermath
00:41:58 7.3 Russia – the October Revolution
00:43:49 8 1918
00:46:25 8.1 Formation of the Red Army
00:47:20 8.2 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (March 1918)
00:49:15 9 Role of women on the Eastern Front
00:51:46 10 Prisoners of War in Russia
00:54:22 11 Disease on the Eastern Front
00:57:14 12 Casualties
00:58:47 13 Territorial changes
00:58:58 13.1 Austria
00:59:38 13.2 Czechoslovakia
01:01:09 13.3 Hungary
01:01:47 13.4 Italy
01:02:01 13.5 Poland
01:03:07 13.6 Romania
01:03:43 13.7 Yugoslavia
01:04:26 14 See also
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I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
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SUMMARY
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The Eastern Front or Eastern Theater of World War I (German: Ostfront, Russian: Восточный фронт, Vostochnıy front) was a theatre of operations that encompassed at its greatest extent the entire frontier between the Russian Empire and Romania on one side and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire and the German Empire on the other. It stretched from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south, involved most of Eastern Europe and stretched deep into Central Europe as well. The term contrasts with Western Front, which was being fought in Belgium and France.
During 1910, Russian General Yuri Danilov developed Plan 19 under which four armies would invade East Prussia. This plan was criticised as Austria-Hungary could be a greater threat than the German Empire. So instead of four armies invading East Prussia, the Russians planned to send two armies to East Prussia, and two armies to defend against Austro-Hungarian forces invading from Galicia. In the opening months of the war, the Imperial Russian Army attempted an invasion of eastern Prussia in the northwestern theater, only to be beaten back by the Germans after some initial success. At the same time, in the south, they successfully invaded Galicia, defeating the Austro-Hungarian forces there. In Russian Poland, the Germans failed to take Warsaw. But by 1915, the German and Austro-Hungarian armies were on the advance, dealing the Russians heavy casualties in Galicia and in Poland, forcing it to retreat. Grand Duke Nicholas was sacked from his position as the commander-in-chief and replaced by the Tsar himself. Several offensives against the Germans in 1916 failed, including Lake Naroch Offensive and the Baranovichi Offensive. However, General Aleksei Brusilov oversaw a highly successful operation against Austria-Hungary that became known as the Brusilov Offensive, which saw the Russian Army make large gains.The Kingdom of Romania entered the war in August 1916. The Entente promised the region of Transylvania (which was part of Austria-Hungary) in return for Romanian support. The Romanian Army invaded Transylvania and had initial successes, but was forced to stop and was pushed back by the Germans and Austro-Hungarians when Bulgaria attacked them in the south. Meanwhile, a revolution occurred in Russia in February 1917 (one of the several causes being the hardships of the war). Tsar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate and a Russian Provisional Government was founded, with Georgy Lvov as its first leader, who was eventually replaced by Alexander Kerensky.
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February Revolution | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:00 1 Causes
00:02:58 1.1 Long-term causes
00:05:08 1.2 Short-term causes
00:09:38 2 Events
00:09:47 2.1 Towards the February Revolution
00:12:31 2.2 Protests
00:17:56 2.3 Tsar's return and abdication
00:24:03 3 Establishment of Dual Power
00:29:04 4 Long-term effects
00:35:17 5 Historiography
00:38:45 6 See also
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I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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The February Revolution (Russian: Февра́льская револю́ция, IPA: [fʲɪvˈralʲskəjə rʲɪvɐˈlʲutsɨjə], tr. Fevrálʹskaya revolyútsiya), known in Soviet historiography as the February Bourgeois Democratic Revolution and sometimes as the March Revolution, was the first of two revolutions which took place in Russia in 1917.
The main events of the revolution took place in and near Petrograd (present-day St. Petersburg), the then-capital of Russia, where long-standing discontent with the monarchy erupted into mass protests against food rationing on 23 February Old Style (8 March New Style). Revolutionary activity lasted about eight days, involving mass demonstrations and violent armed clashes with police and gendarmes, the last loyal forces of the Russian monarchy. On 27 February O.S. (12 March N.S.) mutinous Russian Army forces sided with the revolutionaries. Three days later Tsar Nicholas II abdicated, ending Romanov dynastic rule and the Russian Empire. A Russian Provisional Government under Prince Georgy Lvov replaced the Council of Ministers of Russia.
The revolution appeared to break out without any real leadership or formal planning. Russia had been suffering from a number of economic and social problems, which compounded after the start of World War I in 1914. Disaffected soldiers from the city's garrison joined bread rioters, primarily women in bread lines, and industrial strikers on the streets. As more and more troops deserted, and with loyal troops away at the Front, the city fell into chaos, leading to the overthrow of the Tsar. In all, over 1,300 people were killed during the protests of February 1917.