Russian Revolution

Warm-UP: Monday, November 1stWhat were the MAIN causes of World War I?Why did the United States enter World War I?What was it like on the home front in the Untied States?What event really pushed Austria over the edge and began the war?List one outcome of World War I.

Warm-UP: Wednesday, March 30thWhat were the MAIN causes of World War I?Why did the United States enter World War I?What was it like on the home front in the Untied States?What event really pushed Austria over the edge and began the war?List one outcome of World War I.Russian RevolutionUnit 7

Czarist RussiaEntered WWI as an absolute monarchy with sharp class divisions between the nobility and peasants.The Czar did not resolve the grievances of workers and an unsuccessful provisional government.A second revolution by Bolsheviks created the communist state which ultimately became the USSRRussia Leaves the Great WarRUSSIAJAPANRussias defeat in war with Japan in 1905

Russia Leaves the Great WarCauses of 1917 RevolutionsDefeat in war with Japan in 1905Russia was weakened by this defeatIn a way the country never recovered

Russia Leaves the Great War

Landless PeasantryRussia Leaves the Great WarCauses of 1917 RevolutionsLandless peasantryPeople of Russia did not own land!They were MAD!!A feudal society existed in RussiaWhat is this?Russia Leaves the Great War

Tsar Nicholas IIWife, Alexandra

WEAK

Incompetence of Tsar Nicholas IIRussia Leaves the Great WarCauses of 1917 RevolutionsIncompetence of Tsar Nicholas IIRomanovs were the ruling family in Russia for over 300 yearsNicholas IITsar of Russiaweak rulerWWI had drained Russias resources (no medicine or weapons)Nicholas II went to the front lines to lead military (inept leader)Wife Alexandra (granddaughter of Queen Victoria of England) left in chargewas never well liked by the Russian peopleWife Alexandra depended on a Russian holy man named Rasputin (the mad monk)He eased the suffering of Alexis (her son) who had hemophiliaRasputin led her to make bad decisionsRussia Leaves the Great WarMilitary defeats and high casualties in World War I

Russia Leaves the Great WarCauses of 1917 RevolutionsMilitary defeats and high casualties in World War IMarch 1917Russians were discontent with the lack of progress on the battlefront, the shortage of food, and lack of fuel and needed supplies.Russians were striking and the military refused to impose order.Tsar Nicholas II abdicated (resigned from power)

The Provisional Government = WEAK

The New Russian Constitution

This FAILED!!!The DUMARussia LegislatureMarch Revolution Russia Leaves the Great War

ORRussia Leaves the Great WarCauses of 1917 RevolutionsThe March RevolutionThe Duma (Russian Legislature) set up a provisional government and began drafting a constitution while continuing to fight against GermanyTroops were deserting, peasants wanted land, city workers wanted food which was scarce.Russia Leaves the Great War

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Vladimir LeninHello my Name is

Vladimir Lenin

The Communist Manifesto

By: Karl MarxThis book is my bible and will help me gain control of Russia.Hahahaha!!!

Russia Leaves the Great WarLenin and the Bolsheviks

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Vladimir LeninRussia Leaves the Great WarCauses of 1917 Revolutions: Lenin and the BolsheviksVladamir Ilyich Ulyanov (V. I. Lenin) had been exiled from Russia What is exiled?Studied and followed works of Karl Marx (Communist Manifesto)Wanted an elite group to control the government (proletariat)He named them the Bolsheviks and led them in a revolution when he returned from exile (aided by the Germans)Lenin and the Bolsheviks

PEACELANDBREADPromised....

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Vladimir LeninLenin and the Bolsheviks

New Government

MoscowINCOMMUNISMLenin and the BolsheviksThe DUMARussian LegislatureThe Provisional Government = WEAK

The New Russian Constitution

This FAILED!!!

The Bolsheviks overthrow the provisional government !!

Lenin and the Bolsheviks

Tsar Nicholas II and the Romanov FamilyThe BolsheviksRussia Leaves the Great WarCauses of 1917 RevolutionsThe November RevolutionLenin and the Bolsheviks promised the people Peace, Land, and BreadThey attacked the provisional government and overthrew it.The Bolsheviks set up a new government in Moscow and took the name Communists led by LeninThey imprisoned and then executed the majority of the Romanov family including the czar and his wife and children.Russia Leaves the Great War

WWITreaty of Brest-Litovsk1918

Germany and Russia are Friends!!!

(Watch out for those dictators)No More War!!!!Russia Leaves the Great WarCOMMUNIST (RED) ARMYWHITE ARMY (ANTI-COMMUNIST)VS.

1921: War Ended and the White Army was DEFEATED..The Communists won.Russia Leaves the Great WarCauses of 1917 RevolutionsThe November RevolutionLenin withdrew Russia from WWI and signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany in1918.For 3 years, civil war continued (the anti-communist white army had help from the Allies) and in 1921 the communists defeated the white armyRussia became the Soviet UnionRussia Leaves the Great WarRise of CommunismBolshevik Revolution and Civil WarVladamir Lenins New Economic PolicyLenin instated Communism for the Russian government and societyAccording to him this would give all PEACE, LAND, and BREADJoseph StalinLenins successorStalin came to be known in the Soviet Union during Lenins reign (the more that was known the more he was liked due to all of his wonderful promises)Stalin became the premier of the Soviet Union when Lenin died