The Great War | "Fat Rodzianko Has Sent Me Some Nonsense" (Episode 18)

Episode 18 - 1917: "Fat Rodzianko Has Sent Me Some Nonsense" (Tsar Nicholas II)

Russian revolutions of 1917. Overview of life in imperial Russia and of consequences of war. Food revolts lead to February Revolution, the Czar abdicates. The Provisional Government continues the war, Germany helps Vladimir Lenin return to Petrograd. Failure of Kerensky Offensive, widespread desertions, October Revolution. Germany supports independence of Ukraine and Finland, forces the punitive Treaty of Brest-Litovsk on the Bolsheviks.