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THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION. PART ONE: Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks Transform Russia. Essential Question : How did Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks transform Russia during the Russian Revolution in 1917?.

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THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

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  1. THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION PART ONE: Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks Transform Russia

  2. Essential Question: How did Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks transform Russia during the Russian Revolution in 1917?

  3. In the 1700s, Czar Peter the Great expanded and modernized Russia

  4. Peter introduced into Russia Western-style navy, fashions, and city-planning

  5. But in the 1800s, Russia failed to keep pace with the rapid changes taking place in Western Europe

  6. The Enlightenment led to new democratic reforms throughout Europe

  7. In Russia, the Romanov czars continued to rule as absolute monarchs Czar Alexander III

  8. Czars like Alexander III used secret police to monitor citizens, censored the media, and sent political prisoners to labor camps in Siberia

  9. Czars organized pogroms (violent attacks) against ethnic minorities like Jews and Poles in Russia

  10. But in the 1800s, Russia failed to keep pace with the rapid changes taking place in Western Europe The Industrial Revolution made European militaries and economies the strongest in the world

  11. But in the 1800s, Russia failed to keep pace with the rapid changes taking place in Western Europe The Industrial Revolution made European militaries and economies the strongest in the world

  12. Russian industry lagged behind Europe, had few railroads, and most citizens were poor farmers

  13. Russia committed to industrialization, but it led to poor wages, long hours, and discontent among the Russian people

  14. Russia used its industry and built a respectable navy, but had problems mass-producing weapons

  15. In 1894, Czar Nicholas II came to power but failed to address major problems from 1904 to 1917 When Russian liberals called for democratic reforms, Nicholas II ordered his secret police to persecute those calling for reform

  16. In 1904, Russia and Japan went to war over Manchuria and Korea

  17. Russia’s humiliating loss to Japan exposed weaknesses in the nation’s military and government

  18. Losing the Russo-Japanese War set off a series of riots among commoners who were unhappy with Nicholas’ government

  19. In 1905, Russian commoners met outside the czar’s Winter Palace to demand better working conditions, right to form unions, and a democratic constitution

  20. The protest became known as “Bloody Sunday” when the czar’s guards fired into the crowd; riots broke out across Russia

  21. In 1905, Nicholas II agreed to new constitution that created a Duma (parliament) and limited monarchy, but Nicholas ignored the Duma

  22. The czar’s unpopularity and failure of the government to respond to problems increased calls for socialism Socialists demanded that the government control all means of production to create an equal society

  23. Karl Marx developed a radical form of socialism in called communism in which the working class led a revolution, seized property, and shared all wealth without a government

  24. Radical workers, peasants, and soldiers began to form councils called soviets that held meetings and assumed control over local governments Image of one of Russia’s first soviet councils

  25. In 1903, a radical socialist named Vladimir Lenin formed the Bolsheviks, a group that supported a revolutionary overthrow of the Russian government

  26. But, Lenin fled Russia to avoid arrest by the czar’s secret police and waited for an opportunity to return and lead his revolution

  27. Russia’s involvement in World War I proved to be the fatal blow to Czar Nicholas’ support in Russia Russian soldiers running from German army, 1917 The Russian military was no match for the German army

  28. Russia had difficulty producing weapons for soldiers on the front, food shortages were common for troops and civilians; lack of trains slowed supplies and communication

  29. Russia drafted 15 million soldiers and nearly 7 million were killed or wounded; 1.5 million civilians died

  30. Czar Nicholas refused to pull Russia out of the war and went to the Eastern Front to personally take command of the army

  31. Nicholas left his wife, Alexandra, in charge of the day-to-day operations of the Russian government

  32. To help cure her hemophiliac son Alexi, she relied on a mystic named Rasputin

  33. Russian nobles feared that Rasputin was controlling the royal family and murdered him

  34. Rasputin Grigori Rasputin was an Orthodox monk who lived anything but a “holy” life (womanizer, heavy drinker); he claimed to have healingpowers

  35. Rasputin After healing Alexi Romanov, Rasputin was then brought into the czar’s inner circle and helped make political decisions; this made the czar even more unpopular Russian nobles hated Rasputin and plotted to kill him

  36. Rasputin Luring Rasputin to a “party”, five Russian nobles poisoned him, shot him three times, beat him, tied him up, and threw him in an icy river, where he finally died from drowning

  37. By early 1917, citizens were rioting across Russia, demanding an end the monarchy and an end to Russia’s involvement in World War I

  38. In March, Czar Nicholas II abdicated the throne and the Duma created a Provisional (temporary) government

  39. Vladimir Lenin returned to Russia; he led the Bolsheviks in the Russian Revolution in November 1917

  40. Lenin’s message of “peace, land, and bread” helped him gain popularity among the Russian people Bolshevik Red Guards seized control of the provisional government and declared themselves the new government leaders of Russia

  41. The Bolsheviks arrested and executed the Romanovs, which ended 300 years of rule by czars in Russia

  42. After the success of the Bolshevik Revolution, Lenin announced major reforms for Russia Lenin ordered all farmland to be distributed among the peasants Lenin gave control of the factories to the workers

  43. Lenin signed a truce with Germany and gave up huge territories in order to get Russia out of the war

  44. The Russian Revolution led to a civil war between the Bolshevik Red Army and the White Army (various people who wanted a either a new czar or democracy or land returned to them)

  45. Britain, France, and the USA supported the White Army to stop the spread of Bolshevism Tens of millions of people were killed in the bloody Russian Civil War

  46. After three years of fighting, the Red Army won and Lenin became the unquestioned leader of Russia

  47. In 1922, Lenin renamed Russia the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) Lenin created the Communist Party, which ruled the Soviet Union as a dictatorship

  48. Lenin and his followers never forgot the interference by the USA, which helped set the stage for the Cold War years later

  49. Revamped and redone by Christopher Jaskowiak Thanks to Brooks Baggett for several of the slides

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