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Russian Revolution & Civil War

Russian Revolution & Civil War. Duma. Elected national legislature Set up by Tsar Nicholas in response to the Revolution of 1905 No law would go into effect without approval by the Duma. Revolution of 1917. Disasters of WWI combined with food shortages lead to the end of monarchy

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Russian Revolution & Civil War

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  1. Russian Revolution & Civil War

  2. Duma • Elected national legislature • Set up by Tsar Nicholas in response to the Revolution of 1905 • No law would go into effect without approval by the Duma

  3. Revolution of 1917 • Disasters of WWI combined with food shortages lead to the end of monarchy • Workers go on strike • Troops refuse to fire on demonstrators • Nicholas abdicates

  4. Provisional Government • Temporary government set up by Dumaofficials • Began preparing a constitution for a new republic • At this time, revolutionary socialists go their own way • Soviets councils of workers and soldiers

  5. Lenin • Leader of Radical group Bolsheviks • Only revolution could bring about needed changes in Russia • Sets up Cheka, or secret police, as leader • Exiled to Serbia after being arrested

  6. Lenin • Germany sees Lenin’s return from exile as a chance to weaken Russia further in the war • Helps him get back to Russia

  7. Bolsheviks vs. Mensheviks • Mensheviks- believed socialism could be achieved through gradual and moderate reforms • Higher wages • Increased suffrage • Welfare programs • Bolsheviks- rejected Menshevik ideas and believed complete revolution was necessary

  8. Communism Arrives • Bolsheviks overthrow Provisional Government in November 1917 • Quickly seize power in other cities and begin distributing land to peasants • Workers given control of the factories and mines

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