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Russian Revolution

Russian Revolution

Aramis Torry and Cindy Grande

912

Aramis Torry and Cindy Grande

912

Russia Becomes Industrialized: Russia Becomes Industrialized: Czar Resists Change -- • Autocratic rule continuesRussia Becomes Industrialized -- • Proletariat - the workers • Marxist revolutionaries formed “a dictatorship of the proletariat”

• Bolsheviks - radical revolutionary group

• V.I. Lenin - ruthless leader of the Bolsheviks

Czar Resists Change -- • Autocratic rule continuesRussia Becomes Industrialized -- • Proletariat - the workers • Marxist revolutionaries formed “a dictatorship of the proletariat”

• Bolsheviks - radical revolutionary group

• V.I. Lenin - ruthless leader of the Bolsheviks

Problems Arise In RussiaProblems Arise In RussiaRusso-Japanese War -- • Russia was defeated and had major loss Bloody Sunday: The Revolution of 1905 --• Violent protest against czar for better working conditions, more personal freedom and elected legislature

World War I -- • Russia was not prepared for war, had a major defeat, disrupted economy, and had the weakness of the czar revealed

Russo-Japanese War -- • Russia was defeated and had major loss Bloody Sunday: The Revolution of 1905 --• Violent protest against czar for better working conditions, more personal freedom and elected legislature

World War I -- • Russia was not prepared for war, had a major defeat, disrupted economy, and had the weakness of the czar revealed

The March Revolution The March Revolution

• Violent protests against autocracy Czar Finally Steps Down -- • Established a new provisional government • Russia made a fatal decision to continue to fighting in World War I

• Soviets, which were a radical group of socialist revolutionaries were established

Lenin Returns to Russia and leads a revolution

with his Bolshevik supporters --

• Violent protests against autocracy Czar Finally Steps Down -- • Established a new provisional government • Russia made a fatal decision to continue to fighting in World War I

• Soviets, which were a radical group of socialist revolutionaries were established

Lenin Returns to Russia and leads a revolution

with his Bolshevik supporters --

The Bolshevik RevolutionThe Bolshevik RevolutionThe Provisional Government Topples -- • By 1917, people in the cities were called ‘All

power to the soviets’• Lenin’s slogan were ‘peace, land, and bread • The arrested the leaders of the provisional

governmentBolshevik In Power--• Lenin and his workers that were called Bolsheviks

took over the factories• He signed a truce with Germany to stop all the

fighting• Treaty of Brest-Litovsk• They surrendered a larger part of its territory

to Germany and its allies

The Provisional Government Topples -- • By 1917, people in the cities were called ‘All

power to the soviets’• Lenin’s slogan were ‘peace, land, and bread • The arrested the leaders of the provisional

governmentBolshevik In Power--• Lenin and his workers that were called Bolsheviks

took over the factories• He signed a truce with Germany to stop all the

fighting• Treaty of Brest-Litovsk• They surrendered a larger part of its territory

to Germany and its allies

Bolshevik In PowerBolshevik In Power

Civil War Rages in Russia--• Around 14 million Russians died in the three year struggle, and in the famine that followed

• Fighting,hunger, and a worldwide flu made Russia in chaos

• Red army crushed all opposition• The victory showed that Bolsheviks were able both to seize power and maintain it

• White army supported the return to rule by czar

• The groups barely cooperated with each other

Civil War Rages in Russia--• Around 14 million Russians died in the three year struggle, and in the famine that followed

• Fighting,hunger, and a worldwide flu made Russia in chaos

• Red army crushed all opposition• The victory showed that Bolsheviks were able both to seize power and maintain it

• White army supported the return to rule by czar

• The groups barely cooperated with each other

Lenin Restores OrderLenin Restores Order

New Economic Policy--• War and revolution destroyed the Russian economy• He resorted to a small scale version of

capitalism called New Economic Policy (NEP)• The government kept control of major industries,

and banks, but it let some small factories, business, and farms under private ownership

Political Reforms-- • In 1922 the country was named the Union of

Soviet Social Republics• Bolshevik renamed their party the Communist

Party

New Economic Policy--• War and revolution destroyed the Russian economy• He resorted to a small scale version of

capitalism called New Economic Policy (NEP)• The government kept control of major industries,

and banks, but it let some small factories, business, and farms under private ownership

Political Reforms-- • In 1922 the country was named the Union of

Soviet Social Republics• Bolshevik renamed their party the Communist

Party

Stalin Becomes Dictator Stalin Becomes Dictator Stalin Dies--• Lenin suffered a stroke in 1922• During his early days as a Bolshevik, he changed his name to Stalin, which means “man of steel” in Russian

• Lenin believed that Stalin was a dangerous man

• By 1928, Stalin was in total command of the Communist Party

Stalin Dies--• Lenin suffered a stroke in 1922• During his early days as a Bolshevik, he changed his name to Stalin, which means “man of steel” in Russian

• Lenin believed that Stalin was a dangerous man

• By 1928, Stalin was in total command of the Communist Party