1 / 17

Russian Revolutions

Russian Revolutions. Alexander III. 1881 – Return to autocracy – total power Harsh measures Censorship codes Secret Police Oppressed non-Russians Russian language Nicholas continues autocracy http://www.history.com/media.do?action=clip&id=mf821_tsarnicholasII_33.

aline-walsh
Download Presentation

Russian Revolutions

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Russian Revolutions

  2. Alexander III • 1881 – Return to autocracy – total power • Harsh measures • Censorship codes • Secret Police • Oppressed non-Russians • Russian language • Nicholas continues autocracy • http://www.history.com/media.do?action=clip&id=mf821_tsarnicholasII_33

  3. Russian Industrialization • More factories • Steel industry • Trans-Siberian Railway – Finished 1916

  4. Revolutionary Movements • Poor working conditions • Low wages • Child labor • No trade unions • Many followed Karl Marx • Proletariat - Workers

  5. Russian Marxists • Mensheviks – moderate, more broad support for change • Bolsheviks – radical, small committed # to sacrifice everything for change • V.I. Lenin – leader of Bolsheviks

  6. Leading up to Revolution • Russo-Japanese War • Bloody Sunday: Revolution of 1905 • World War I

  7. March Revolution • 1917 - Women in Petrograd went on strike – bread and fuel • Soldiers joined them • Nicholas steps down – executed • Not a strong government - provisional • War drags on • Lenin returned to Russia • http://www.history.com/media.do?action=clip&id=tdih_mar08_broadband • http://www.history.com/media.do?action=clip&id=tdih_0416

  8. Bolshevik Revolution • Nov. 1917 – factory workers stormed Winter Palace • Bolshevik Red Guards • Lenin distributed land b/w peasants • Gave control of factories to workers • Signed Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany – Many Russians mad

  9. Civil War • Bolsheviks Red vs. White Army • Different types of people in White Army • Leon Trotsky led Bolshevik Red Army • Allies sent aid to White Army • Red Army wins • 14 million died

  10. Lenin • New Economic Policy – allowed peasants to sell surplus of crops instead of gov’t • Let some factories, businesses, farms be private • Small Scale Capitalism • Slow recovery

  11. Lenin Politics • Organized Russia into self-governing republics under central gov’t • 1922 – USSR – Union of Soviet Socialist Republics • http://www.history.com/media.do?action=clip&id=tdih_dec30_broadband • Communist Party – 1924 – Bolsheviks created constitution based on socialist and democratic principles

  12. Joseph Stalin • “Man of Steel” • Lenin thought he was dangerous • 1924 Lenin Died • By 1928 Stalin had complete power • http://www.history.com/media.do?id=tdih_0111&action=clip

  13. Totalitarianism • Gov’t takes total, centralized, state control • Police Terror – Force obedience, spying, intimidating • Indoctrination – Instruction in gov’t’s beliefs • Propaganda and Censorship • Religious and Ethnic groups

  14. Stalinist Russia • Arrested and executed millions • Turned on Communist Party • 1934-1938 Great Purge – Eliminate anyone who threatened his power

  15. Stalin’s Economy • Command Economy – gov’t makes all economic decisions • Five-Year Plans – Set high goals for production • Economic gains, but shortages of housing, food, clothing • Collective Farms – Gov’t owned farms, combined private farms in USSR

  16. Women Gain Rights • Women helped state-controlled economy • Child Care • Education Opportunities

  17. http://www.history.com/media.do?action=clip&id=tdih_1228 http://www.history.com/media.do?action=clip&id=ee_russia_stalinpurges_broadband

More Related