1. Teresa Reus, Patricia Clar & Belén Pagés
1st Baccaularatte
English B
PRE RUSSIAN
REVOLUTION

2. Introduction
• Absolutism  Empire governed by the tzar
• Russia was a massive empire
• Ruling such a huge empire was difficult so problems started 
1917 revolution
• We have long term causes and a short tem cause (World war 1)

3. The Tzar
• Tzar  Russian emperor.
• He gave uniformity to the administration of towns, cultures, military defense, etc.
• He was supported by Landed aristocracy, Corrupt bureaucracy, Police and
Orthodox Church of semi-state character.
• He dominated the political, economic and religious power.

4. Causes of the revolution
• There were three main causes:
1. Sociological causes
2. Economical causes
3. Political causes

5. SOCIOLOGICAL CAUSES
• The majority of the population lived under poor conditions.
• Long taxes were paid to the tzar.
• the population increased  land became scarce.
• Big differences between rich and poor people
• Farmers were unhappy with this conditions revolution began

6. SOCIOLOGICAL CAUSES
• Industrial revolution arrived to Russia but it was not as developed
as in the other European counties.
• Poor people started moving from Russia.
• Government was afraid of the developing urban class

7. ECONOMICAL CAUSES
• A minority group (nobles and aristocracy) managed land and
money.
• Workers worked inhumanely  15 hours a day.
• Low salaries  big taxes.

8. POLITICAL CAUSES
• Romanov family  three centuries ruling Russia.
• Duma (elected body) was ignored by the tsar.
• Freedom and expression was limited.

9. POLITICAL CAUSES
• Workers started spreading out an anti-Tsarist ideology.
• “socialism” began to take importance.
• Republicans, democrats, revolutionaries and socialists were desperate for
a reform.
• Nicholas II wanted to look back to the medieval system ignoring a reform.

10. POLITICAL CAUSES
• Soldiers, who have been treated inhumanely wanted some dignity
and better conditions.
• Bolsheviks appeared  RSDLP

11. WORLD WAR I
• The war went badly from the start.
• Peasant population was angry  all the farms and materials
removed from the war.
• Inflation occurred  prices rose
• Hunger became endemic.
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12. ANIMAL FARM