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DAILY AGENDA 1/15/2014

DAILY AGENDA 1/15/2014. Venn Diagram : Lenin and Marx Notes : Lenin takes power, Russian Civil War, NEP, up to Stalin Work on Timeline and short answer questions (due TOMORROW!). Venn Diagram (p. 438): Marx and Lenin on Communism. Lenin and the Bolsheviks. A. Lenin’s View of Marx

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DAILY AGENDA 1/15/2014

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  1. DAILY AGENDA 1/15/2014 • Venn Diagram: Lenin and Marx • Notes: Lenin takes power, Russian Civil War, NEP, up to Stalin • Work on Timeline and short answer questions (due TOMORROW!)

  2. Venn Diagram (p. 438): Marx and Lenin on Communism

  3. Lenin and the Bolsheviks A. Lenin’s View of Marx • Lenin had to adapt Marx’s ideas to fit the Russian society. • Created an elite group to lead the revolution – Bolsheviks. • Thought revolution must be violent • Germany smuggles Lenin back to Russia in 1917

  4. Bolsheviks in Power • Farmland distributed among peasants • Factory control given to workers • 1918 – Treaty of Brest Litovsk (Russia surrendered a large part of its territory to Germany and allies) • Some Russians objected – leaves to civil war

  5. Civil War (1918-1920) • Reds (Bolsheviks) vs. Whites • Whites = 3 groups • Supported czar • Wanted democratic gov. • Socialists who opposed Lenins’s style of so. • 14 million Russians killed • Reds win

  6. RESTORING ORDER • War and revolution = destroyed Russian economy • Lenin allowed for SMALL SCALE capitalism – Marxism that works for Russia. State control of • banks, large industry and foreign trade. Small privately owned businesses allowed to open. • Peasants held onto small plots of land and were allowed to sell their surplus crops for profit. • Helped rebuild the soviet economy and end armed rebellion.

  7. Stalin Takes Over • When Lenin died there was a huge struggle to determine who would take over • Leon Trotsky – A loyal supporter of Lenin who worked with Lenin side by side during the revolution. • Joseph Stalin – A ruthless power merchant who would kill anyone in his path. Preview for tomorrow

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  9. Trotsky and Stalin engaged in a fierce fight to gain control. • Stalin worked behind the scenes to create powerful alliances within the Communist party to isolate Trotsky • Trotsky was eventually assassinated in Mexico. Preview for tomorrow

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