Question

Describe the main events leading to the February revolution in petrograd

Answer 1

Weaknesses of Russia

1. the defeat of Russia in the hands of Japan in 1904 had been highly humiliating

2. huge population and the poor infrastructure made it difficult for the Government to carry on it administration effectively

3. the economy was still dependent on the age old farm economy

4. poor working conditions and poverty spread everywhere

5. autocratic rule of Tsar Nicholas II

------ First World War

1. The loss of Russia in the Battles ofTannenberg and Masurian Lakes was not only humiliating but it also caused the death of around 200,000 men

Answer 2

The main events which lead to February revolution are

price of goods rise which poor's can't afford

The defeat of Russia in the Russo-Japanese war in 1904 which made Russia economically backward

The policies of tsar which lead Russia worst hitted by subsistence crises