Cause of the March Revolution 1917

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Russia and the Tsar were in a downward spiral. Even before the war the country was in a terrible state. There were economical causes. The industry and agriculture in Russia was poor. The peasants had very little land as most of it was owned by the nobility in Russia. The peasants had to grow what little they could in the cold, icy soil. They earned very little and they lived in small wooden huts often shared with other families. They couldn’t afford much food so many thousands of people staved to death.

The industry in Russia was also poor. The factories were paying bare minimum to the workers and treating them like dirt. In the years leading up to the war the factory conditions got worse. The bosses didn’t need to make the conditions very good because that would have been a waste of his money. The workers weren’t going to complain about the smell or the lack of hygiene because they would have been sacked and they desperately need the money to survive. This is why the bosses got away with the appalling standards. However many of the factories had to be closed leading up to the war as all of the male workers were drafted into the army cause Russia’s industry to disappear.

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Political causes were also played a role in the revolution in Russia. After people protested for a parliament the result of what they got was disappointing. The Duma was a group of people who proposed ideas on how to better the country of Russia. However they had a lack of real power. They couldn’t pass an actual law without the agreement of the Tsar. The Tsar could dissolve anything that he wanted so anything he didn’t like didn’t get passed. So the country just stayed as it was basically.

The war. This put real pressure on the Tsar. ...

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