Joint Crisis Committee: Bolsheviks and Breadlines: The February Revolution, 1917

Over the course of just eight days, long-standing discontent with the monarchy combined with immediate outrage about food rationing to provoke mass anti-tsarist protests across the Russian Empire. Armed protesters clashed with police and gendarmes, culminating in the triumph of the Petrograd workers and the forced abdication of Tsar Nicholas II. At the end of the February Revolution, Russia's political future remained unresolved: the Provisional Government was not made to last, and the Russians had yet to determine the political course of their nation. Wartime economic conditions continued to worsen, and the resulting food shortage had reached its peak.This committee is structured as a joint crisis committee, placing delegates across two factions whose decisions will shape the outcome of Russia's revolutionary moment. 

gRAND CRISIS MANAGER: Parakram Karnik

In this Joint Crisis Committee, delegates will represent the Tsar’s Entourage and the Petrograd Soviet, working to address this shared crisis from their distinct points of view.

About the Grand crisis manager

Parakram Karnik (although most of his friends call him PK) is a member of the School of Foreign Service class of 2027. Hailing from New York & Connecticut, he got into Model UN in 9th grade, and soon realized that he had a special love for crisis committees. Having participated in NAIMUN in 11th grade and 12th grade in various crisis committees, including a five-way JCC on the Gulf crisis of 2017 and winning a Book Award from that committee, he gained a special appreciation for NAIMUN and Georgetown’s role in fostering interest in the affairs of our world. After staffing NAIMUN for three years in university, he is excited to share his knowledge, interest, and love for crisis committees with NAIMUN for the fourth (and final) time as he serves as the grand crisis manager in Bolsheviks and Breadlines. Outside Model UN, he does finance analysis and investing with Zeeba Investment Group and grills with the Georgetown University Grilling Society (where he is an official grillmaster). He is always down for a good laugh and discussing the affairs of the world, always seeking to learn more!