Russia eventually abandoned the war cause because of political instability, why do you think they waited so lonog and lost so many soliders before they opted to pull out of the war?
The original Russian government was still willing to stay in the war. The people were the ones that wanted out, and it took until 1916 for them to finally rise up against their government and pull themselves out of the war. We can really blame Tsar Nicholas II for not wanting to pull the troops out of World War I. This resulted in the loss of many lives, the revolt of the Russian people, and the eventual fall of his power.
The Russians really didn't have a choice under the Czar's government but if the Bolshevik's had been in control the whole time they wouldnt have been in the war for nearly as long.
It was the Bolsheviks who negotiated peace with Germany. Much of the reason for the success of the Russian Revolution was that Lenin promised to pull Russia out of the war. Those that didn't care either way about communism were drawn to the communist side, because they absolutely did care about dying in the war. I agree that Tsar Nicholas II was not interested in surrender, yet one more reason for his overthrow.
If the Bolshevik party gained strength, simply because people joined that did not want to die, how did this affect the make up of the Bolshevik party? Wouldn't this make the Bolshevik party weakly linked, if the people were not politically minded, instead they just wanted to save their own lives? Or instead, did the Russian soliders who joined eventually join with the political views of the party, because the Bolsheviks used the advantage of people not wanting to fight, as a means to gain support..?
I think the anti war feeling was so strong that the people were willing to unite behind nearly any cause. The support for the Bolsheviks was more a bi-product of support for pulling out of the war. The people would support any cause that they believed would get them out of the war.
The original Russian government was still willing to stay in the war. The people were the ones that wanted out, and it took until 1916 for them to finally rise up against their government and pull themselves out of the war. We can really blame Tsar Nicholas II for not wanting to pull the troops out of World War I. This resulted in the loss of many lives, the revolt of the Russian people, and the eventual fall of his power.
ReplyDeleteThe Russians really didn't have a choice under the Czar's government but if the Bolshevik's had been in control the whole time they wouldnt have been in the war for nearly as long.
ReplyDeleteIt was the Bolsheviks who negotiated peace with Germany. Much of the reason for the success of the Russian Revolution was that Lenin promised to pull Russia out of the war. Those that didn't care either way about communism were drawn to the communist side, because they absolutely did care about dying in the war. I agree that Tsar Nicholas II was not interested in surrender, yet one more reason for his overthrow.
ReplyDeleteIf the Bolshevik party gained strength, simply because people joined that did not want to die, how did this affect the make up of the Bolshevik party? Wouldn't this make the Bolshevik party weakly linked, if the people were not politically minded, instead they just wanted to save their own lives? Or instead, did the Russian soliders who joined eventually join with the political views of the party, because the Bolsheviks used the advantage of people not wanting to fight, as a means to gain support..?
ReplyDeleteI think the anti war feeling was so strong that the people were willing to unite behind nearly any cause. The support for the Bolsheviks was more a bi-product of support for pulling out of the war. The people would support any cause that they believed would get them out of the war.
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