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1917 Revolutions

1917 Revolutions. Started with bread. A lack of bread to be precise Disturbances in food lines of freezing, frustrated shoppers in St. Petersburg (now Petrograd ) erupted in violence People soon clashed with the police. Military Joins in .

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1917 Revolutions

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  1. 1917 Revolutions

  2. Started with bread • A lack of bread to be precise • Disturbances in food lines of freezing, frustrated shoppers in St. Petersburg (now Petrograd) erupted in violence • People soon clashed with the police

  3. Military Joins in • Military units soon joined the fight against the police • They did not want to go back to the front

  4. Women raise hell • On February 23, International Women’s Day, female demonstrators were joined on the streets by striking factory workers from the giant Putilov metallurgical factory

  5. S--- gonna hit the fan • By the 27th, mutinous troops supported the revolutionary civilian population • So, Nicholas heads back to Petrograd by train • The train he was on was diverted by rebellious railway workers and forced into the town of Pskov

  6. Bye bye Nicky • It was here the Nicholas was finally persuaded by his senior officers to resign his military and royal command • He abdicated his throne on March 2 and passed the throne on to his younger brother the Grand Duke Michael

  7. It’s never easy to break up • Nicholas took his break-up very casually • Once he relinquished the throne it is said Nicholas returned to his train car, had some tea and smoked a cigarette • He had just given up the throne of the largest Empire in the world

  8. End of the Romanovs • Michael refused the crown • The Romanov dynasty ends right there

  9. Who will replace Nicky? • Two bodies are ready to step in and take control of Russia • The provisionary government • The Petrograd Soviet

  10. Provisional Government • March 14, 1917, the Soviet and Duma agreed on a provisional government with LVOV at its head.

  11. Provisional Government • The provisional government held power • The soviets held some influence and represented the lower-class citizens • Soon they start to go in different directions

  12. The War • The provisional government wanted to continue the war • The Bolsheviks wanted Russia to exit the War

  13. The RED flag • The symbol for the revolution was a red flag • It now flew from many buildings in Petrograd

  14. Hello Lenin • When the March Revolution occurred, Lenin was in Switzerland. The Bolsheviks had played no major part in the revolution. The Germans, hoping to stir up chaos in Russia, offered Lenin a sealed train to travel across German territory to Finland Train Station in St. Petersburg

  15. Upon arrival, Lenin immediately attacked the provisional government "all power to the Soviets"

  16. Lenin urged soldiers to desert, offering them "Peace, bread and land".

  17. Karensky the killer Alexander Kerensky made Minister of War

  18. Banish the Bolsheviks Lvov ordered Kerensky to end the treasonous demonstrations of the Bolsheviks and Lenin

  19. JULY RIOTS: Kerenski's soldiers put down the Bolsheviks with a vengeance. Shocked, the Russian people demanded Lvov step down.

  20. Kerensky took over the Provisional Government and hunts down Bolsheviks

  21. Finland here I come!!!! Lenin fled to Finland to avoid arrest by Kerensky’s soldiers

  22. Lived in a haystack / Wore a wig...

  23. General Kornilov • !July 31, 1917, commander-in- chief of the Russian Army by Kerensky. Kornilov marched on St. Petersburg to overthrow Kerensky and the Provisional Government

  24. What is Trotsky doing? • Trotsky was living in New York City at the time of the February Revolution • During the war he went from Austria to Switzerland to France to Spain to New York • Upon hearing about the revolution he immediately boards a ship with his family and heads back to Russia

  25. Detained in the Maritimes • His ship is boarded by the British Navy when it is in Halifax • Trotsky and his family are taken to a prison camp • Trotsky stays there for one month before being allowed back to Russia • He re-enters Russia in May of 1917

  26. Arrival in RUSSIA • Trotsky arrives in Russia in early May • On May 10, Lenin asks Trotsky to officially join the Bolshevik party • They put aside any differences they had in the past and move forward

  27. Trotsky and his speeches • Once in Russia, Trotsky and Lenin both makes numerous speeches • Trotsky spoke many times at the Naval base of Kronstadt • Urging the sailors to join the revolutionary movement • He defends them time and time again, they join his cause

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