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The Impact of Military Defeats

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Russian Military Defeats in WW1

Russia's economy was destroyed by World War 1, like most nations involved in 'total war'. However, Russia was the only nation where living conditions and morale fell so low that a revolution succeeded (in 1917).

Russian military defeats in WW1

Russian military defeats in WW1

Tsar Nicholas II led the Russian army in the war.
However, the Russian army didn't have much success.
In 1914, after leading a disastrous battle, General Alexander Samsonov shot himself in shame in August 1914 after leading 150,000 Russian troops to defeat in Willenberg (now in Poland).
By 1917, Russia had lost almost all of Latvia, Poland, and Lithuania to the German Army.

1

The End of Tsardom

1.1

Russia's Economy & Society

1.1.1Industrialisation 1.1.2Living & Working Conditions

1.2

Nicholas II's Autocracy & the Court

1.2.1Growth of Revolutionary Opposition 1.2.2The 1905 Revolution & the October Manifesto 1.2.3Reforming Russia Before 1914 - Stolypin 1.2.4The Duma & Political Stalemate

1.3

The First World War

1.3.1The Impact of Military Defeats 1.3.2Social & Economic Effects of WW1 1.3.3Romanov Unpopularity 1.3.4The Tsar's Abdication 1.3.5Top Grade AO2/3 - The End of Tsardom

2

Lenin's New Society

2.1

The Provisional Government

2.1.1The Failure of the Government 2.1.2Social & Economic Problems 2.1.3Lenin & Trotsky 2.1.4The Growth of the Bolsheviks 2.1.5The October / November Revolution 2.1.6Top Grade AO2/3 - The Provisional Government

2.2

The Impact of Lenin's Dictatorship

2.2.1The End of the First World War 2.2.2The Cheka 2.2.3Red Terror & Centralisation 2.2.4The Civil War & The Red Army 2.2.5Propaganda 2.2.6Top Grade AO2/3 - Early Bolshevism & the Civil War

2.3

Social & Economic Developments

2.3.1War Communism 2.3.2The Kronstadt Rising 2.3.3The New Economic Policy (NEP)2.3.4The Achievements of Lenin & Trotsky 2.3.5Top Grade AO2/3 - Social & Economic Developments

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Stalin's USSR

3.1

Stalin the Dictator

3.1.1The Power Struggle to Succeed Lenin 3.1.2The Communist Party & Government 3.1.3The Terror & the Purges 3.1.4The Secret Police 3.1.5Cult of Personality 3.1.6Propaganda & Censorship under Stalin 3.1.7Top Grade AO2/3 - Stalin's Dictatorship

3.2

Stalin's Modernisation of the USSR

3.2.1Collectivisation 3.2.2Five Year Plans 3.2.3Social & Economic Consequences 3.2.4Social & Economic Consequences 2 3.2.5The Extent of Modernisation

3.3

Impact of the Second World War

3.3.1Stalin's Wartime Leadership 3.3.2Political, Economic & Social Consequences of War 3.3.3Top Grade AO2/3 - Modernisation of the USSR

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1

The End of Tsardom

1.1

Russia's Economy & Society

1.1.1Industrialisation 1.1.2Living & Working Conditions

1.2

Nicholas II's Autocracy & the Court

1.2.1Growth of Revolutionary Opposition 1.2.2The 1905 Revolution & the October Manifesto 1.2.3Reforming Russia Before 1914 - Stolypin 1.2.4The Duma & Political Stalemate

1.3

The First World War

1.3.1The Impact of Military Defeats 1.3.2Social & Economic Effects of WW1 1.3.3Romanov Unpopularity 1.3.4The Tsar's Abdication 1.3.5Top Grade AO2/3 - The End of Tsardom

2

Lenin's New Society

2.1

The Provisional Government

2.1.1The Failure of the Government 2.1.2Social & Economic Problems 2.1.3Lenin & Trotsky 2.1.4The Growth of the Bolsheviks 2.1.5The October / November Revolution 2.1.6Top Grade AO2/3 - The Provisional Government

2.2

The Impact of Lenin's Dictatorship

2.2.1The End of the First World War 2.2.2The Cheka 2.2.3Red Terror & Centralisation 2.2.4The Civil War & The Red Army 2.2.5Propaganda 2.2.6Top Grade AO2/3 - Early Bolshevism & the Civil War

2.3

Social & Economic Developments

2.3.1War Communism 2.3.2The Kronstadt Rising 2.3.3The New Economic Policy (NEP)2.3.4The Achievements of Lenin & Trotsky 2.3.5Top Grade AO2/3 - Social & Economic Developments

3

Stalin's USSR

3.1

Stalin the Dictator

3.1.1The Power Struggle to Succeed Lenin 3.1.2The Communist Party & Government 3.1.3The Terror & the Purges 3.1.4The Secret Police 3.1.5Cult of Personality 3.1.6Propaganda & Censorship under Stalin 3.1.7Top Grade AO2/3 - Stalin's Dictatorship

3.2

Stalin's Modernisation of the USSR

3.2.1Collectivisation 3.2.2Five Year Plans 3.2.3Social & Economic Consequences 3.2.4Social & Economic Consequences 2 3.2.5The Extent of Modernisation

3.3

Impact of the Second World War

3.3.1Stalin's Wartime Leadership 3.3.2Political, Economic & Social Consequences of War 3.3.3Top Grade AO2/3 - Modernisation of the USSR

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