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The Russian Revolution. Back In The USSR. Causes Of The Russian Revolution. Tsar Nicholas II is out of touch and inept. He rules through fear. Russia Is Very Poor. During World War I, Russia Is Repeatedly Defeated By Germany. Ts ar Nicholas Takes Command At The Front.
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The Russian Revolution Back In The USSR
Causes Of The Russian Revolution • Tsar Nicholas II is out of touch and inept. • He rules through fear.
During World War I, Russia Is Repeatedly Defeated By Germany
Tsarina Alexandra Is Left In Charge • This does not turn out well.
Rasputin • A special kind of crazy? Or just a scapegoat?
Lenin Adapts Marxism For Russia • No urban proletariat? No problem! • Dictatorship of the proletariat is the answer!
The Bolshevik Party • Get Russia out of WWI • Break the nobility • Marxist Revolution!
Differences From “Pure” Communism • Party, not peoples’ rule • Rule by terror • Some private property allowed