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1917 the turning point year of WWI

1917 the turning point year of WWI. The Russian Revolution The U.S. entered the war. Czar Nicholas II - “Autocracy, Orthodoxy and Nationalism”

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1917 the turning point year of WWI

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  1. 1917 the turning point year of WWI • The Russian Revolution • The U.S. entered the war

  2. Czar Nicholas II - “Autocracy, Orthodoxy and Nationalism” • Unlike his predecessors, he was weak, incompetent and suspected of being under the influence of his German-born wife Alexandra, and a half-crazed monk named Grigori Rasputin.

  3. The Russian Revolution, 1917 • There were actually two revolutions: • The February (March-western calendar) • The October (November…)

  4. The November 6th Revolution… • The second revolution was instigated and inspired by a radical socialist party then known as the Bolsheviks. Its leader was Vladimir Lenin.

  5. Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov • 1870-1924 • Third of five children to a respectable middle class family

  6. Alexander Ulyanov – idolized by his younger brother, Vladimir • Implicated in an attempted conspiracy to kill Czar Alexander III, he was executed.

  7. We Will Follow A Different Path,Belousov

  8. Vladimir was arrested and exiled to Siberia in 1887 for participating in anti-government demonstrations

  9. Criminals exiled to Siberia were often accompanied by their families and worked to improve the land.

  10. In 1890, Lenin was given permission to enter the law school at St. Petersburg. • By 1897, exiled again for his anti-government speeches and pamphlets • In 1900 exiled to Switzerland

  11. Vladimir Ulyanov became a folk legend… • All Soviet books called Lenin a genius and the greatest thinker who ever lived.

  12. World War One: The Battle of Tannenberg, 1914

  13. The Russian army: a Paper Tiger!

  14. In 1915, Czar Nicholas decided to go and direct the war from the front lines • The Czarina allowed a crazed monk named Rasputin to run the homefront

  15. Russian march, mainly women, bearing the red flag of revolution, Petrograd, March, 1917.

  16. Czar Nicholas II's government ended when soldiers and citizens united after riots on food lines

  17. Czar Nicholas abdicated on March 15. a Provisional Government was established and continued the war- a big mistake that led to its undoing.

  18. The provisional government is often referred to as the “Kerensky Government” because its primary figure was Alexander Kerensky.

  19. Lenin was secretly aided by the German govt to return to Russia

  20. Upon returning to Russia, Lenin promised “Peace, Bread and Land” …and “All Power to the Soviets.”

  21. “The Bolsheviks didn’t cause a revolution, they captured it.”

  22. Leon Trotsky- architect of the November Revolution • Seized the headquarters of the Provisional Government; as well as key govt buildings, railway stations, telephone exchanges, electric generating plants • Next morning, all soviets approved the takeovers.

  23. All power to soviets! Peace to all nations! Land to peasants! Factories to workers!

  24. " Lenin - the leader of the revolution"

  25. Lenin. October. Power to soviets. Peace to the nations. Land to peasants. Factories to workers.

  26. The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, March 1918 • Lenin accepted Germany’s harsh conditions in order to focus on securing power…the real revolution was yet to come. • Russia lost 1/3 of its population, 3/4 of its iron resources and 9/10 of its coal supply plus a huge indemnity to Germany. • News of the treaty contributed to a civil war which lasted until 1921.

  27. Czar Nicholas II and his family were first exiled to Siberia but later, in July of 1918 were killed

  28. Economic Causes • Illiterate and oppressed peasant majority • Striking workers shut down industries • Inefficient transportation system • Food and fuel shortages

  29. Political Causes • Autocracy - weak and ineffectual ruler • Spread of Marxist ideas • Charismatic leaders such as Lenin and Trotsky • Enormous losses in The Great War

  30. Social Causes • Extreme differences in classes • Peasants’ desire for land • Deprivations resulting from the war

  31. Any questions?

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