{"id":4282,"date":"2018-09-04T16:20:04","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T13:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=4282"},"modified":"2018-10-07T16:29:11","modified_gmt":"2018-10-07T13:29:11","slug":"what-was-the-immediate-political-military-and-socio-economic-significance-of-world-war-one-upon-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/igcse-gcse-history\/what-was-the-immediate-political-military-and-socio-economic-significance-of-world-war-one-upon-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"What was the immediate political, military, and socio-economic significance of World War One upon Russia?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>What was the immediate political, military, and socio-economic significance of World War One upon Russia?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Regardless of whether the war was a cause or merely a catalyst for the February Revolution, it certainly had a significant immediate impact upon Russia. The issue which divides historians in this respect is explaining how military and socio-economic developments during the war were connected together.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/main_area\/worksheets\/igcse\/WW1_and_Russia\/Lesson_3_Impact_of_War\/1a_WW1_Impact_1914_Feb-1917.doc\">Main task: What was the impact of World War One upon Russia up to February 1917?<br \/>\n<\/a>There is also an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/main_area\/worksheets\/igcse\/WW1_and_Russia\/Lesson_3_Impact_of_War\/z_Rasputin-Extension_Material\/z_Rasputin-Film.doc\">extension activity focusing on the accuracy of the film &#8220;Rasputin&#8221;<\/a>, clips from which are incorporated into the main activity.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/206995119?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"477\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Video (above): What is AJP Taylor&#8217;s typically quirky explanation of how the war contributed to the downfall of the Tsarist regime?<\/p>\n<p>Part of the new scheme of work &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/Miscellaneous\/menus\/igcse\/russia_essay\/\">Analyse the Significance of World War One for Russia<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-07-at-15.18.03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4278\" src=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-07-at-15.18.03-1024x625.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-07-at-15.18.03-1024x625.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-07-at-15.18.03-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-07-at-15.18.03-768x468.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-07-at-15.18.03-492x300.jpg 492w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-07-at-15.18.03.jpg 1764w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What was the immediate political, military, and socio-economic significance of World War One upon Russia? Regardless of whether the war was a cause or merely a catalyst for the February Revolution, it certainly had a significant immediate impact upon Russia. The issue which divides historians in this respect is explaining how military and socio-economic developments&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/igcse-gcse-history\/what-was-the-immediate-political-military-and-socio-economic-significance-of-world-war-one-upon-russia\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,5],"tags":[821,492,1012,1010,1017,396,395],"class_list":["post-4282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-20th-century","category-igcse-gcse-history","tag-military","tag-political","tag-russia","tag-significance","tag-socioeconomic","tag-war","tag-world"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4277,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/igcse-gcse-history\/significance-of-ww1-for-russia-study-guide\/","url_meta":{"origin":4282,"position":0},"title":"Significance of WW1 for Russia: Study Guide","author":"Russel Tarr","date":"August 16, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Overview and study guide During the Cold War, the debate about the nature and origins of the 1917 Communist Revolution was particularly heated. 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