The Russian Revolution Notes

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.