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1917 Revolutions. Started with bread. A lack of bread to be precise Disturbances in food lines of freezing, frustrated shoppers in St. Petersburg (now Petrograd ) erupted in violence People soon clashed with the police. Military Joins in. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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1917 REVOLUTIONS
STARTED WITH BREAD A lack of bread to be precise Disturbances in food lines of freezing, frustrated
shoppers in St. Petersburg (now Petrograd) erupted in violence
People soon clashed with the police
MILITARY JOINS IN Military units soon joined the fight against the
police They did not want to go back to the front
WOMEN RAISE HELL
On February 23, International Women’s Day, female demonstrators were joined on the streets by striking factory workers from the giant Putilov metallurgical factory
S--- GONNA HIT THE FAN By the 27th, mutinous troops supported the
revolutionary civilian population
So, Nicholas heads back to Petrograd by train
The train he was on was diverted by rebellious railway workers and forced into the town of Pskov
BYE BYE NICKY It was here the Nicholas was finally
persuaded by his senior officers to resign his military and royal command
He abdicated his throne on March 2 and passed the throne on to his younger brother the Grand Duke Michael
IT’S NEVER EASY TO BREAK UP Nicholas took his break-up very casually
Once he relinquished the throne it is said Nicholas returned to his train car, had some tea and smoked a cigarette
He had just given up the throne of the largest Empire in the world
END OF THE ROMANOVSMichael refused the crown
The Romanov dynasty ends right there
WHO WILL REPLACE NICKY? Two bodies are ready to step in and take
control of Russia
The provisionary government
The Petrograd Soviet
PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT
March 14, 1917, the Soviet and Duma agreed on a provisional government with LVOV at its head.
PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENTThe provisional government held
power
The soviets held some influence and represented the lower-class citizens
Soon they start to go in different directions
THE WARThe provisional government
wanted to continue the war
The Bolsheviks wanted Russia to exit the War
THE RED FLAGThe symbol for the revolution was a red flag
It now flew from many buildings in Petrograd
HELLO LENIN When the March Revolution occurred, Lenin
was in Switzerland. The Bolsheviks had played no major part in the revolution. The Germans, hoping to stir up chaos in Russia, offered Lenin a sealed train to travel across German territory to Finland Train Station in St. Petersburg
Upon arrival, Lenin immediately attacked the provisional government "all power to the Soviets"
Lenin urged soldiers to desert, offering them "Peace, bread and land".
KARENSKY THE KILLERAlexander Kerensky made Minister of War
BANISH THE BOLSHEVIKS
Lvov ordered Kerensky to end the treasonous demonstrations of the Bolsheviks and Lenin
JULY RIOTS: Kerenski's soldiers put down the Bolsheviks with a vengeance. Shocked, the Russian people demanded Lvov step down.
Kerensky took over the Provisional Government and hunts down Bolsheviks
FINLAND HERE I COME!!!!
Lenin fled to Finland to avoid arrest by Kerensky’s soldiers
Lived in a haystack / Wore a wig...
GENERAL KORNILOV
!July 31, 1917, commander-in- chief of the Russian Army by Kerensky. Kornilov marched on St. Petersburg to overthrow Kerensky and the Provisional Government
WHAT IS TROTSKY DOING?
Trotsky was living in New York City at the time of the February Revolution
During the war he went from Austria to Switzerland to France to Spain to New York
Upon hearing about the revolution he immediately boards a ship with his family and heads back to Russia
DETAINED IN THE MARITIMES His ship is boarded by the British Navy when
it is in Halifax
Trotsky and his family are taken to a prison camp
Trotsky stays there for one month before being allowed back to Russia
He re-enters Russia in May of 1917
ARRIVAL IN RUSSIA Trotsky arrives in Russia in early May
On May 10, Lenin asks Trotsky to officially join the Bolshevik party
They put aside any differences they had in the past and move forward
TROTSKY AND HIS SPEECHES Once in Russia, Trotsky and Lenin both makes
numerous speeches
Trotsky spoke many times at the Naval base of Kronstadt
Urging the sailors to join the revolutionary movement
He defends them time and time again, they join his cause