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The Bolshevik Revolution History 104 / April 1, 2013

The Bolshevik Revolution History 104 / April 1, 2013. V. I. Lenin (1870-1924). Rasputin (c. 1870-1917) - an illiterate peasant at the center of power. “ Dual Power ” I: the Provisional Government. Alexander Kerensky (1881-1970). Summer 1917: Kerensky rallies the army to a new offensive.

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The Bolshevik Revolution History 104 / April 1, 2013

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  1. The Bolshevik RevolutionHistory 104 / April 1, 2013

  2. V. I. Lenin(1870-1924)

  3. Rasputin(c. 1870-1917)- an illiterate peasant at the center of power

  4. “Dual Power” I:the Provisional Government Alexander Kerensky (1881-1970)

  5. Summer 1917: Kerensky rallies the army to a new offensive

  6. Demonstration in St. Petersburg against the war

  7. “Dual Power” II:Soviets (Councils) of workers, soldiers, and peasants

  8. Lenin after his returnfrom Switzerlandto St. Petersburg(1917)

  9. The Putilov Works: a stronghold of Bolshevik support

  10. The Winter Palace in St. Petersburg

  11. Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace,October 24-25, 1917(November 7 by Western calendars)

  12. Leon Trotsky(1879-1940)

  13. Civil War:“Red” soldiers strung up by “White” officers

  14. Civil War: recruiting Red Army volunteers(lower right – “are you with us or with them?”)

  15. Civil War: teaching economics to future party members

  16. Allied forces intervene in the Civil War(shown here in Vladivostok)

  17. A sarcastic Bolshevik view of theLeague of Nations“Capitalists of all countries, unite!”

  18. Cultural experimentation: cutting-edge artists support(a) education and (b) the “construction of socialism”

  19. Joseph Stalin(1879-1953)

  20. Stalin claims to be Lenin’s chosen successor

  21. The First Five-Year Plan: industrialization from scratch(here: Magnitogorsk, a brand-new steel town in Siberia)

  22. Magnitogorsk: an idealized picture of workers’fervent belief in “building socialism”

  23. Collectivization: the promise of technology and efficiency

  24. The cost of collectivization

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