The Russian RevolutionI. Russian Government Before Russia

a. Monarchy: __________ (_____) b. Until 1905 the Tsar's powers were _____________. c. Russia had no ________________ and no ___________ ____________

_____________ to check the Tsar's power. d. A strong ____________ ____________ which terrorized the people.e. Royal Background

i. Nicholas II1. Created the first __________ _________ in Russia, brutal

leader, response to revolt of army officers in ______ii. Alexander II

1. He implemented important _________, notably the abolition of __________

2. In ______, he sold Alaska and the Aleutian Islands to the United States.

3. Killed by the Revolutionary Group: The People’s ______iii. Alexander III

1. Alexander III's reign was during an _____________ _____________ in Russia.

2. His reign was _________, against revolutionaries and other liberal movements.

II. Czar Nicholas II (1894): Last Czar of Russiaa. Nicholas II was a ________ and ________ ruler b. The Russian economy was bankrupt because of the Russo-Japanese

War and WWI Russia’s entry into WWI became very unpopular.c. ________-____________ War (1904)

i. Dispute over _______________ with _________ii. Shook national confidence in their progress and rule of Czar.

d. Bloody Sunday (1905)e. Russia and World War I

i. Russia declares war on _________-____________ii. War becomes unpopular

iii. Rationing leads to ______________iv. Nicholas II leaves St. Petersburg to war front

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Abolition = To get rid of

Russia

Japan

Manchuria

The Russian Revolutionf. Rasputin

i. An advisor to Czarina Alexandra (wife of Nicholas)ii. Caused lots of drama in family

iii. Multiple assassination attempts

III. Revolutionsa. March Revolution (1917)

i. ________- Protests spread through ________________ and the Royal palace is taken over.

ii. Czar _________________iii. Provisional government (________) takes control lead by

Alexander Kerenskyiv. Provisional government unpopular after decision to stay in ____

b. October (Bolshevik) Revolution-1917i. Lead by ____ ________ “Peace, ________, and __________”

ii. Won support of people (especially peasants)c. 1918

i. ________ March - The ______________ accept the peace of Brest-Litovsk, ending WWI with _______________.

d. 1919-1920i. 1919 ___________ Armies (Royal and _______________ troops)

attack the __________ (_____________) from all directions. ii. 1920- Reds defeat Whites

IV. Rule of Lenin 1920-1924a. ______________ ___________ included the New Economic Plan (NEP)

i. Moderate mix of ______________ and _______________b. Political Reforms

i. Bolshevik party became ________________ Partyii. Russia becomes the ___________ Soviet Socialist ____________

c. Communismi. A Form of ______________

1. ____________ ______________ of the Economy by the Stateii. _________(Communist Party) makes decisions on

_____________ jobs and pay

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VS

The Russian RevolutionV. 1924

a. ___________ Diesb. Power Vacuumc. ___________________ vs. ____________________d. Stalin takes controle. Now must decide how he will maintain powerf. Decides to create a ______________________ state

VI. Characteristics of a Totalitarian Statea. ___________________- Absolute Authorityb. Dynamic Leader- Vision for the nationc. __________ ____________ Over All Sectors of Society

i. Business, Family Life, Labor, youth groups, housing, religion, education, the arts

d. State Control Over the _______________i. Obedience

ii. Denies basic libertiese. Organized ___________________

i. Uses force to crush opposition

VII. Stalin’s Totalitarian Statea. State Control of the Economy

i. __________ plan, collective farmsb. Police Terror

i. __________ __________, crush oppositionc. Religious Persecution

i. Control of the ________________d. __________________ (socialist realism)

i. Molding peoples’ mindse. Education

i. Controlled by the government

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