By: Marianna WoloshynRUSSIAN REVOLUTION

• Russia was politically, economically, and socially backwards• They had an oppressive/conservative Absolute Monarchy• They had no political rights/freedoms for the people• They had a lot of desperate poverty (90% of the people were

illiterate peasants)• There was a huge gap between the rich and the poor• For 300 years, Russia had been ruled by the Romenoffs• The military losses in the Russo-Japanese War and WWI

because of their lack of industrialization• Their mistrust of Czarina Alexandra and the influence of

Rasputin• There was a spread of liberal ideas like democracy and

communism from Western Europe

WHAT WERE THE CAUSES OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION?

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Before the Russian Revolution, Russia was ruled by an absolute monarch. His name was Czar Nicholas II. He was seen as Gods representative on earth. Only about 10% of people in Russian were actually Russian, which was a big

problem. The rest of the people that were in Russia were all treated horribly. The worst of all was the Jews. They needed

special permits, special clothes, and only lived in certain places. It was horrible. There was a huge gap between the

rich and the poor. The Nobles were very wealthy and owned huge farms. The serfs and peasants did the work for them.

Russia was far behind on the new technologies and inventions that were created. They were falling apart.

WHAT WAS RUSSIA LIKE BEFORE THE REVOLUTION OF 1917?

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• He was a German philosopher, social scientist, and professional revolutionary

• He was the father of communism• He published the Communist Manifesto• He witnessed the Industrial Revolution and after it, realized that

history was struggling alot, and was divided by the haves and have nots;

• The haves were wealthy and had great influence in shaping the government. The have nots were the factory workers and earned

very little money which they did not bother to share• He was involved in the Revolution because he helped the factory

workers revolt• The workers finally decided to overthrow the capitalists and they

would share the wealth with all members of society (also called socialism).

• Marx believed that the workers’ rise to power would occur as an evolution, which he hoped for communism

WHO WAS KARL MARX? HOW IS HE INVOLVED IN THE RUSSIAN

REVOLUTION?

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• Was the leader of the Russian Revolution• Was founder of the Bolshevik Party (later known

as the Communist Party)• In 1887 he was forced to exile and leave Russia• In 1905 he returned briefly to Russia for the

Russian Revolution• In 1921 he introduced the New Economic Policy,

which called for a temporary compromise with capitalism

• He had also tried to encourage foreign investment• During all this time that Lenin had created the

NEP, the Communists were able to stabilize the Revolution

• He had influenced communism more than anyone else except Karl Marx during the Russian

Revolution

WHO WAS VLADIMIR LENIN AND WHAT ROLE DID HE PLAY IN THE RUSSIAN

REVOLUTION?

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Communism is an economic system in which land, factories, and other means of producing goods are privately owned and controlled by an individual or

groups of individuals for a profit. Communism worked by removing all social classes. Some

advantages of Communism were that all the people would be treated the same, and everyone would be created equal. Some disadvantages were that for

the people who worked so much harder than others, they would still end up getting the same

outcome as everyone else; same exact pay.

WHAT IS COMMUNISM?

• They struggled to put themselves back together after the Revolution

• Russia became known as the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)

• After Lenin died, Joseph Stalin took over and he replaced the NEP with a Five-Year Plan, which his

overall goal intended to rapidly industrialize Russia• The people continued to suffer just as they had

before• A totalitarian state was created, which is a form of

government where all aspects of society are controlled by the government

• Stalin transformed the Soviet Union into an industrial and political power

WHAT WAS RUSSIA LIKE AFTER THE REVOLUTION?

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