The Russian Civil War and The Rise of Stalin

1. The Russian Civil War and The Rise of Stalin The Russian Civil War The Rise of Vladimir Lenin The Rise of Joseph Stalin

2. The Russian Civil War • WWI, famine and civil war effected Russia’s industrial ability • Should Russia be a government run industry or a capitalistic economy? • Lenin will seek balance by allowing moderate unions and an economy controlled by government • It will fail

3. The Rise of Vladimir Lenin • Vladimir Lenin would take a revolutionary stance after his brother’s execution • He will be expelled from college and exiled to Serbia in 1895-1900 for his Marxist leanings • He will return to Russia during the Revolution in 1917 and successfully become dictator but not by his leadership

4. The Rise of Vladimir Lenin • Under Lenin Russia will • Withdraw from fighting against Germany in WWI • Nationalize banks and the economy • Religion will be abolished • Distribute land to the peasants

5. The Rise of Vladimir Lenin • Lenin will attempt to spread communism in Europe but will fail • He succeeded in bringing extensive nationalization to industry and food distribution • Lenin consolidated local, regional and central politics to follow communistic doctrine

6. The Russian Civil War • 1918, Lenin is the target of a failed assassination • The Lenin led government launches the “Red Terror” and has over 300,000 suspected sympathizers executed • The Russian Civil War will be waged between the White Army who seek a return to Tsarist rule and the Red Army that is protecting communist rule and hoping to spread as well

7. The White Army will inflect brutality on its own people with mass torture and executions • Lenin will attempt to spread communism in Europe but will be easily repulsed by Poland • The U.S., France, Britain and Japan will provide assistance to the White Army because they fear communism in Russia • Russia does annex Georgia and Armenia

8. The Rise of Vladimir Lenin • Lenin will die in 1924 of a stroke • Prior to his death Lenin had written a testament stating that Joseph Stalin be removed from the party • Stalin supporters will conceal this document and this assures Stalin’s rise to Secretary General of the Communist Party

9. The Rise of Joseph Stalin • Joseph Stalin was born into a poor class family, • He was fascinated with stories dealing with overcoming insurmountable odds • He is a harsh man, he does not attend his mothers funeral and he does not attempt to retrieve his son from a prisoner of war camp in 1917

10. The Rise of Joseph Stalin • Stalin rises through the ranks of politics through ruthlessness and cunning • He played his opponents against one another and he used his poor background to appeal to the people • During the Russian Revolution he will serve as a commissar • He achieves complete power by arresting or executing his supporters who put him in power

11. The Rise of Joseph Stalin • He will put the country on a crash course of collectivization in which the Russian state would feed itself • The Agriculture sector will be moved to working in heavy industry, this will cause low food production and starvation • 14 million are believed to have been killed because of this program

12. The Rise of Joseph Stalin • He achieves complete power by purging the ranks of his supporters who put him in power • Grand trials will be held in the public, this instills fear and at the same time loyalty • In 1929 he becomes the Secretary General of the Communist Party

13. The Rise of Joseph Stalin • “Russian Motherhood” under the regime was glorified as it sought to increase its population • To increase female participation in the state, women were given the right to vote in 1920