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Journal 4/26
Describe the relationship between the
Russian people and the government.
What were the issues. Explain
Journal 4/30/18
• Think back to last semester and
summarize the French Revolution.
• What was the cause, what happened
during the revolution, and what were the
effects (short term and long term)
Table of Contents
Unit 7: Communism1. Title Page (extra credit for decorating)
2. Table of Contents
3. Prelude to the Russian Revolution
4. 14.1 Assessment pg 439 #1 – 8
5. Russian Revolution – Primary Documents
6. The Russian Revolution
7. 14.2 Assessment pg 445 #1 - 8
Remember Karl Marx from
your industrial revolution
unit?
• Karl Marx was a German
philosopher and political activist
whose contribution to sociology
can be found in conflict theory
• Marx lived during the Industrial
Revolution, when major societal
changes were leading to the
emergence of capitalism, the
economic system that is based
on the private for-profit
operation of industry.
• The Communist Manifesto
was published in 1848
• The book was and still is
considered controversial
• Communism is completely
contrary to capitalism of
Europe and USA
• Argues that the only way
path to communism is
through revolution and
seizing the means of
production
• Marx believed that
capitalism was creating
class conflict and
social inequality
between the
bourgeoisie, who
owned the means of
production (money,
factories, natural
resources, land), and
the proletariat, who
were the workers.
I like where his head’s at!
I completely agree that people should be
equal. If no one works for anyone else,
then we eliminate classes. Democracy is
cute and all, but it still means that a
majority controls a minority. The goal
should be the elimination of possessions
and governments… and that’s
communism!
I keep using the
name Lenin, and
now it’s growing
on me. Maybe
I’ll just switch my
name to Lenin.
I was starting so much
trouble that the Czar
started hunting for me
by name. I had to run
away to Germany to
escape arrest.
Lenin worked as a writer in Germany, but he kept all
of his attention on Russia. He made new contacts
and kept the Bolshevik movement alive. Now it was
just a matter of waiting for the right time to return…
The March Revolution – March 8, 1917
• Women led a strike of nearly 200,000 workers
who marched to Petrograd demanding bread
• The Petrograd soviet organized the worker’s
protest into a massive uprising
• Nicholas II forced to abdicate the throne when
his soldiers joined the riot
• The royal family was arrested and a provisional
government was established by the Duma
This sounds a little
like the French
Revolution, but
that’s not going to
happen to me
right?
Guess we’ll
keep fighting
this war…
Boooooooo!!!
Meanwhile, in
Germany…
Sir, our intelligence
informs us that
Russia is a mess
right now.
If we can add
pressure now, they
might finally back out
of this war.
Very well. How about we stir up their government
some more. Let’s arrange to send back that loud
commie who’s been hiding out in our country for
the last fifteen years. What was his name again?
Bolshevik Revolution - 1917
• Lenin returned from exile with the help of
the Germans
• The Bolsheviks soon took over the
Petrograd Soviet
• Gained support by promising “peace, land,
and bread.”
Boy, this guy
sure is
annoying…
Let’s give the people
what they want
Time for a
fresh start
You ready to
lead an army?
Sure!
Bolshevik Revolution - 1917
• Leon Trotsky led an army of Bolshevik
workers, the Red Guard, in an attack on
the provisional government
• They arrested all of the former leaders and
toppled the provisional government in a
matter of hours
• Lenin took control of the new government
I decree that all farm land be
distributed equally among the
peasants.
And we should give control of
the factories to the workers.
And let’s sign a treaty with the
Germans and get out of this
stupid war.
Signing the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Signing the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Civil War (1918-1920)
• Bolshevik signing of the treaty of Brest-
Litovsk caused discontent
• Lenin tried to use secret police to silence
enemies in the homeland
• A struggle for power broke out between
the Bolshevik Reds and the anti-
communist Whites
The Civil War (1918-1920)
• Reds (unified communists) wanted to
eliminate internal “enemies”
• Whites (loyalists, democrats, moderate
socialists) didn’t want communism in
Russia
• Trotsky’s leadership led the Red Army to
win the war and put Lenin back in Power
Time to get this
communism thing
going. I guess to get
started it would be best
to keep all of our ethnic
groups together.
We’ll maintain order by
keeping workers united
in soviets. And then
we’ll make a big ol’
union of all of these
soviets.
English: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
Russian: Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих
Респу́блик (CCCP)
The Civil War (1918-1920)
• Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
created in 1922
• Each republic was controlled from the new
capital in Moscow
I pulled off the big
communist dream.
Everything is just
right. And when I
die, my good buddy
Trotsky will take
over.
Journal 5/2/18
• Was Lenin a good person or a bad person?
• Explain and use supporting evidence from
the book/class
Table of Contents
Unit 7: Communism1. Title Page (extra credit for decorating)
2. Table of Contents
3. Prelude to the Russian Revolution
4. 14.1 Assessment pg 439 #1 – 8
5. Russian Revolution – Primary Documents
6. The Russian Revolution
7. 14.2 Assessment pg 445 #1 – 8
8. Stalin: Man of Steel
Transition of PowerFrom Lenin to Stalin
1921-1928
Communists take Control
• Lenin suffered a series of strokes between
1922 – 1924
• Stalin attempted to put himself in positions
of power
• Lenin feared Stalin would succeed him as
ruler of Russia
• Lenin was going to write letters and
speeches to “crush Stalin politically”, but
died before then.