What impact did World War One have on Russia? To complete an investigation into the impact of the war. To produce detailed and factual notes. To evaluate the consequences of war on Russia.

Russia and WW1: an investigation You are to work in groups of 3. Each person will research a different factor. You will all share the resources: Ben Walsh p308-9, GCSE textbook p73-6 and Russia in Transition p Fact Hunting! Defeats in WW1: Battles, losses, reasons for the defeats; impact this would have on the morale of the Russians. Defeats in WW1: Battles, losses, reasons for the defeats; impact this would have on the morale of the Russians. Economic and social effects of the war: Factories, supplies, prices, wages, strikes. Economic and social effects of the war: Factories, supplies, prices, wages, strikes. Political effects of the war and Rasputin: Unpopular Tsarina in charge, Rasputin, failings of the Tsar failures of government, murder! Political effects of the war and Rasputin: Unpopular Tsarina in charge, Rasputin, failings of the Tsar failures of government, murder!

Russia and WW1: an investigation Now, share your research so that you all have detailed and factual notes. Can you see how these factors link? Fact Hunting! Defeats in WW1: Battles, losses, reasons for the defeats; impact this would have on the morale of the Russians. Defeats in WW1: Battles, losses, reasons for the defeats; impact this would have on the morale of the Russians. Economic and social effects of the war: Factories, supplies, prices, wages, strikes. Economic and social effects of the war: Factories, supplies, prices, wages, strikes. Political effects of the war and Rasputin: Unpopular Tsarina in charge, Rasputin, failings of the Tsar, failures of government, murder! Political effects of the war and Rasputin: Unpopular Tsarina in charge, Rasputin, failings of the Tsar, failures of government, murder! Abdication of the Tsar

Events of the Revolution 22 February: Steelworkers go on strike. 23 February: International Women’s Day – demonstrations/ bread riots February: More demonstrations/strikes – Tsarina calls in the army. 26 February : Troops fire on crowds. The Duma urges action – Tsar dissolves the Duma. 27 February : Soldiers mutiny and join riots. Soldiers and workers set up the ‘Petrograd Soviet’ of 2,500 elected deputies (i.e. the Tsar’s government had fallen/ Russia had 2 governments) 27 February Duma sets up a ‘Provisional Government’, led by Kerensky. The Tsar gets on the train to Petrograd, but (on 2 March) is arrested on the way and abdicates.

View 2 The regime in Russia was cursed with a weak Tsar, a backward economy and a class of aristocrats who were not prepared to share their power with the millions of ordinary Russians. Revolution was only a matter of time. The war did not cause it, although it may have speeded up the process. View 1 The Tsar’s regime was basically stable up to 1914, even if it had some important problems to deal with. It was making steady progress towards becoming a modern state, but this progress was destroyed by the coming of war. Don’t forget that this war was so severe that it also brought Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey to their knees as well. Which view do you agree with?

Plenary To what extent was the Tsar responsible for his own fall from power? Which was more important as a cause of the revolution – failings of the Tsar or the First World War? To complete an investigation into the impact of the war. To produce detailed and factual notes. To evaluate the consequences of war on Russia. War Tsar