HIS 102 1st Edition Lecture 30 Outline of Last Lecture I. War’s End: Turbulence and UpheavalII. The Paris Peace ConferenceIII. A New Map: Successor StatesIV. TreatiesV. League of NationsVI. A Fragile ContinentOutline of Current Lecture I. IntroductionA. War brings all unresolved problems to the surface in RussiaB. Dynasty1. Romanovs in power since 16192. Nicholas and Alexander are the last rulersi. Big family manii. Deeply conservative; against reformII. On the eve of the warA. Russian society1. Parliament: Dumai. Nicholas tried to take away parliament because he had only granted itas a concession2. Overwhelmingly agrarian societyi. Large sense of grievance ii. Substantial industry in just a handful of cities; conditions were horrible (overcrowding, public health, work conditions, low wages, unions illegal)III. Total war and political crisisA. Some successors1. Poor leadership2. Brave fighting3. In 16 months, almost 2 million Russian men dead from fightingB. Home front1. Quick rise of opposition to the war2. Everybody makes sacrificesi. Food shortages>inflationThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.3. Undermines legitimacy of governmenti. Czar leaves the capital to help on the front even though no military experienceii. Nicholas leaves Alexander in charge of country while he goes to fight (this because Alexander was a German princessC. Rasputin1. Humble backgrounds2. Holy man called upon to heal son of Alexanderi. Alexander’s son had hemophiliaii. The boy recovered and Alexander became devoted to Rasputin3. Women loved him4. Roaring drunk5. Czarinas closest advisor; tells her who to appoint to government positions6. Eventually gets assassinated (1916)IV. 1917A. February Revolution1. Revolution over food2. Army called in, but they wouldn’t shoot the citizens and defected to the commoners side3. Romanovs overthrown4. Parliament declared itself provisional governmentB. October Revolution1. Parliaments decision to stay in the war leads to the overthrow of Parliament and
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