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The Russian Revolution

The Russian Revolution. Pages 721-724. The November revolution. In November 1917, squads of red guards-armed factory workers joined mutinous sailors from the Russian fleet in attacking the government. In a matter of days Lenin's forces over threw the government that no longer had any support.

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The Russian Revolution

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  1. The Russian Revolution Pages 721-724

  2. The November revolution. In November 1917, squads of red guards-armed factory workers joined mutinous sailors from the Russian fleet in attacking the government. In a matter of days Lenin's forces over threw the government that no longer had any support.

  3. Bolsheviks in charge. • The Bolsheviks seized power in other cities. • The Bolsheviks also ended private ownership of land and distributed land to peasants. • The workers were given total control of the factories and mines.

  4. Under siege. • After the Bolshevik Revolution, Lenin sought peace with Germany. • Russia signed the treaty of Brest- Litovsk in march 1918. • For three years, civil war raged. • Poland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania broke free, but nationalist in Ukraine, the Caucasus, and Central Asia were eventually subdued.

  5. Under Siege part 2 • Japan seized land in East Asia that czarist Russia had once claimed. • A costly triumph. Both sides took brutal measures to win the civil war. • Ordinary people were executed if they were suspected of counterrevolutionary activities.

  6. Continued By 1921, the Communists had defeated their scattered foes. Millions had died since the beginning of world war . Lenin faced an immense job of rebuilding a nation and an economy in ruins

  7. Section 2 Lenin to Stalin • In January of 1 924 ten of thousands of people lined up in Moscow’s Red Square. • In 1922 the communists produced a c

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