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What was the Russian Revolution?
• When the Czar (King) of Russia was overthrown and Communists took power to create the Soviet Union.
What caused the Russian Revolution?
• Weak leadership from Czar Nicholas II
• World War I
• Poverty of Russian people
What happened in the RusRev?
• Czar gives up his throne.
• New government created that has many parties.
• Civil war begins.
• Communists win, start Soviet Union, which lasts until 1991.
• Czar and family are executed by communists. Why?
What was the slogan of the RusRev?
• People in the country wanted land to live on—it was still basically feudalism.
• The people were sick of WWI and wanted Russia to end its involvement.
• The people were hungry and poor and wanted food to eat.
Land, Bread, Peace
Who was Lenin?
• The leader of the Russian communists.
• First leader of the Soviet Union.
• Believed in Karl Marx’s teachings.