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1. Why was Lenin’s leadership crucial to the success of the Russian Revolution? Thesis Bolsheviks

1. Why was Lenin’s leadership crucial to the success of the Russian Revolution? Thesis Bolsheviks Provisional Government Lenin’s return The Communist Party Peace, Land, Bread Starvation Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Farmland After the Revolution Civil war New Economic Policy (NEP)

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1. Why was Lenin’s leadership crucial to the success of the Russian Revolution? Thesis Bolsheviks

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  1. 1. Why was Lenin’s leadership crucial to the success of the Russian Revolution? • Thesis • Bolsheviks • Provisional Government • Lenin’s return • The Communist Party • Peace, Land, Bread • Starvation • Treaty of Brest-Litovsk • Farmland • After the Revolution • Civil war • New Economic Policy (NEP) • USSR

  2. Provisional Government • Gov of Russia after Czar abdicates in 1917 • Makes decision to keep fighting in the war

  3. Lenin’s Return • Leader of the Bolshevik party • Snuck into Russia by Germans • His goal was a communist revolution against the provisional government

  4. The Communist Party • After Bolsheviks successfully rebel they rename themselves the Communist Party • Takes over the country of Russia

  5. Starvation • Women in Petrograd led a citywide strike over lack of food • Soldiers who ordered to shoot at them refused and joined the strike • Czar Nicholas II abdicates

  6. Treaty of Brest Litovsk • Slogan of the Bolsheviks • Ends the Great War • Russians give up territory

  7. Farmland • Land taken from wealthy • Redistributed to the poor • Shocks capitalists in Western Europe and the USA

  8. Russian Civil War • Battle between Reds and Whites from 1918 to 1920 • Whites are anyone who is against communists • Reds successfully led by Leon Trotsky

  9. New Economic Policy (NEP) • Developed by Lenin • Ironically allowed capitalism • Peasants could sell surplus crops on open market

  10. USSR • Union of Soviet Socialist Republics • In honor of local councils that helped launch the Bolshevik Revolution • Tried to promote communism around the world

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