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Long Term Causes

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1. Tsarist policies 2. Spread of Marxism 3. Discontentment of
the peasants and
workers

- Okhrana (secret - The idea of Marxism - Slavery

police) came up in Russia - Not being given the
- Constant from 1850s by Karl land promised
dissolvement of Marx - Russia not being able
Duma ( the Tsars - Made people realize to supply the
having full control that there were peasants and
over the Duma) massive inequalities workers with food
- Divine right to rule which led them to - No rights given
- Subcause: see communism as - Freed from serfdom
russification heroic but not being able to
- The Bolsheviks get large bank loans
promised peasants to be free from their
and workers Peace, owners
Land and Bread - Peasants in harsh
- soldiers defected working conditions
and protested in ( terrible pay,
solidarity with the terrible living
workers
conditions)
- Bloody sunday

Short Term Causes

1. World War I 2. Rasputin 3. Russo-Japanese war

- Most peasants being - Bad reputation - Created a weak

the soldiers who (womanizer, large image of the Tsars
were very unhappy influence on the - It worsened Russia’s
as many died Tsarina, drunkard) already recessed
- Caused a bad economy and
reputation on the discredited the Tsar
Tsars and his advisors
- To the Russian
people, Rasputin
symbolised
everything that was
wrong with imperial
government. The
court and the royal
family became
objects of ridicule, to
be despised.