Week 3 breaking with the past
- 1. Breaking with the Past 1914 - September 1917 •World War I including the Brusilov offensive •The February Revolution •June Offensive and The July Days •The Kornilov Affair
- 2. World War 1 We are all aware of WWI details - recap ? Heading into WWI, Russia was unaware of what we now can see in hindsight, this is important to remember! All the problems within Russia were put aside and a relatively united Russia went to war. St Petersburg changed her name to Petrograd to avoid Russia having a German sounding city
- 3. Russian Battles Eastern Front .... successes & losses Many men little artillery Attempt to invade Prussia (east and south), meet up to take on Berlin, lack of technology enabled German interception and massive ambush Some victories maintained enthusiasm (Drawing German troops from Western Front, Southern Galicia, Brusilov retreat of Austrian Army Steady fall of Russian men was catastrophic and the increase of German soldiers on the Eastern Front lead to great loss of land won in previous victories (Brusilov) Tsar ‘umming’ and ‘arhing’ losing faith of his Army
- 4. Brusilov Offensive > Named after General Brusilov > One of the few Russian successes in WWI > Managed to save Austria > Gave some hope in the faith of Russian Military however not great enough to mask the overall losses
- 5. Political Social and Economic Life of the People Effects of WWI Political Social Economic Think Pair Share Activity
- 7. Impacts of February Revolution Tsar Abdicates Provisional Government Lenin’s April Theses
- 8. June Offensive - Kerensky Offensive “For the sake of the nation’s life it was necessary to restore the army’s will to die” Kerensky Kerensky and Brusilov lead an attack on the Southwestern Front in June Russian soldiers were unprepared (weapons and skill/training) Russian costs were massive and with military mutiny no words of wisdom would help
- 9. July Days Attempt by Soviets to take power over provisional government but was quickly dismissed by Kerensky This failure weakened the Bolsheviks but not completely Historian’s debate the significance of the July Days on Bolshevik power
- 10. Where communication is distorted ..... comes the Kornilov affair!
- 11. Reinventing Russia Agree? Disagree? Exam Questions? Links to upcoming SAC