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The Russian Revolution. 7 Key Events. March Revolution. March 8 th through 15 th , 1917, there is rioting in the streets of Petrograd (St. Petersburg) over a lack of food and fuel. (Clip-fall/Tsar) The troops who are sent in to break up the riot, end up joining the rioters.
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The Russian Revolution 7 Key Events
March Revolution • March 8th through 15th, 1917, there is rioting in the streets of Petrograd (St. Petersburg) over a lack of food and fuel. (Clip-fall/Tsar) • The troops who are sent in to break up the riot, end up joining the rioters. • Note: the March Revolution is not organized by the revolutionary intellectuals but by working people.
Abdication - March 15, 1917 • Sensing that the country is slipping into chaos, the Czar abdicates his throne. • This ends a 300 year rule by the Romanov family.
Provisional Government Established The temporary Provisional government is made up of two groups: • the middle class Duma • and • the Petrograd Soviet of Workers and Soldiers Deputies. • Which is divided into two groups: • Mensheviks, who believed in eventual change and • more radical Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. Alexander Kerensky is the leader of the government; • Prime Minister • Executive committee of the Petrograd Soviet. (Clip-1917 Rev.-Lenin’s steps) The Petrograd Soviet demands three things: • Immediate peace with the Germans • Transfer of land to the Peasants • Control of the factories by the workers • AKA “Land, Peace and Bread” The Government does not remove Russia from the War.
November Revolution(Bolshevik Revolution) • Elections held. • Continuation of the War effort • Worker and Soldier Protests in July • November 7th, 1917 • Bolsheviks take control of the elected government. (Clip: 1917: Bloodshed begins) • At this point the socialist state plan begins to go into effect: There is an end to private ownership of property Land is distributed among the peasants. Workers given control of the factories and mines.
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk • In March, 1918 the Russians sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk • Surrenders to the Central Powers • Russia loses • Much Western Territory • 1/3 of her population.
Civil War (1918-1921) • Civil war breaks out • Reds (Revolutionaries/Bolsheviks) against the Whites (Moderates/Mensheviks) for control of the government. • War Communism is instituted • direct control of Industry • secret police called the Cheka. • By 1921 the Whites have surrendered. • Lenin leads the Bolsheviks. • The victorious Red Army is led by Leon Trotsky.
Imperial Execution (1918) • To avoid any change of mind, the revolutionaries execute the royal family (clip: Tsar’s Family Death) • Now the country must move forward on reformation.
Which of the following ends Russia’s participation in WWI? • Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk • The creation of a provisional government • Lenin signed a deal with the US to continue a two front war • United States joins the war effort
Who becomes the leader of the Bolsheviks and leads Russia out of the war? • Leon Trotsky • Joseph Stalin • Vladimir Lenin • Otto Von Bismarck