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Russian Revolution

Russian Revolution. Csar Nicholas II. Class Struggle. Rapid Industrialization Workers unhappy with conditions Marxist ideas- workers would rule the country. Crises at Home. Russo-Japanese War (1905) Repeated Russian losses-unrest at home. Bloody Sunday. 1905 Workers petition the czar

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Russian Revolution

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  1. Russian Revolution

  2. Csar Nicholas II

  3. Class Struggle • Rapid Industrialization • Workers unhappy with conditions • Marxist ideas- workers would rule the country

  4. Crises at Home • Russo-Japanese War (1905) • Repeated Russian losses-unrest at home

  5. Bloody Sunday • 1905 • Workers petition the czar • Wave of Strikes, violence spreads

  6. WW1 • 1914-1917 • Final blow to Czar power • Russia not ready to handle costs

  7. Rasputin • Self-described Holy man • Influenced the Czars wife • Made key political decisions opposing reform

  8. The March Revolution • Women textile workers strike • Exploded into general uprising • Czar steps down

  9. Provisional Government • Temporary Government • Continued to fight WW1 • Angered peasants

  10. Bolshevik Revolution • November 1917 • Lenin Returns “Peace, Land, and Bread” • Bolsheviks take power • Gave farmland to peasants

  11. Civil War • Lenin agrees to pull out of WW1 • Lenin faces unrest at home • 14 million die in revolution

  12. Russian Order • 1921 • Lenin restores order • New Economic Policy • State controls major industries

  13. Communist • Bolsheviks renamed the Communist party • Lenin established a dictatorship- Party held all the power

  14. Joseph Stalin • Cold, Hard, and Impersonal • “Man of Steel” • Worked behind the scenes to obtain power

  15. Total Control • 1928 • Totalitarianism- government takes total control of public and private life.

  16. Totalitarian State • Police Terror-Crush opposition • Great Purge- Executed thousands who threaten Stalin’s powers

  17. Propaganda • Stalin controlled all source of information • Image- Everything is Fine

  18. Education • Children learned virtues of communist party

  19. Religion • Stalin Attacked Religion • Beliefs mere superstitions

  20. Command Economy • Government makes all the decisions • Five Year Plan-impossible production goals • In order to reach these goals, consumer items were limited

  21. Forced Migration

  22. Agriculture • Collective Farms- Hundreds of families forced to work on farms to produce food for the state • Ukraine Genocide- 3-5 million died

  23. Daily Life under Stalin • More educated and skilled workers • Women Gained Equal Rights

  24. Mid-1930’s • Stalin had complete control of Soviet Union (Russia) • Industrial and political power • Total social control ruled by terror

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