Module 03: 1917 — Did the War Cause a Revolution?

Evidence 21: Photograph of Street Politics in Front of the Duma

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Introduction

This photograph illustrates the combined forces of soldiers and citizens, whose demonstrations successfully toppled the forces of autocracy. Yet the photograph also raises the question of what would come next, as the challenges of war had not been resolved.

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Source:
National Geographic, August 1917, 115.

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