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Lenin's Legacy: Revolution, Dictatorship, and Hope for U.S.S.R.

Explore the transformative era of Lenin's rule in Russia from 1917 to 1924, marked by political upheaval, promises of land and bread, and the creation of a new communist state. Witness Lenin's consolidation of power through single-party dictatorship, the brutality of civil war, and the devastating impact of war communism on the Russian populace. Despite the seeds of oppression sown during Lenin's reign, glimpse a glimmer of hope with the introduction of the New Economic Policy. Unravel the complex legacy of Lenin as he paved the way for the communist dictatorship that would define the Soviet Union.

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Lenin's Legacy: Revolution, Dictatorship, and Hope for U.S.S.R.

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  1. Lenin In Charge (1917-1924): A Whole New Russia!!

  2. Lenin Promises A New Day!

  3. Land! Bread! 1917: Lenin’s Decree on Land - Land to be redistributed to the people!

  4. Peace! Russia Gets out of WWI! 1918: Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

  5. Russian Empire becomes: U.S.S.R.

  6. Giotin: guillotine Traktorina: tractor Arvil: army of Vladimir Lenin Dinamit: dynamite Engelina: Engels Melor: Marx, Engels, Lenin, October Revolution Parizhkommuna: Paris Commune Proletkarii: proletariat Robesper: Robespierre Marlen: Marx, Lenin Ateist: Atheist Barrikada: Barricade New names! Revolutsia - RevolutionLenina - Lenin; Stalina - Stalin; Oktyabrina - from October - month of Revolution in 1917; Vladlena - from VLADimir iLich LENin; Ninel - Lenin inside out.

  7. But…the seeds of dictatorship are also planted…

  8. Lenin creates single-party dictatorship • - Early 1918: Lenin holds elections for a new Parliament to be known as the Constituent Assembly. • Lenin’s Bolsheviks, renamed the Communist Party, runs in the elections • However, the Communists only won 175/700 seats • So, Lenin shuts down the Constituent Assembly after only one day! • All political parties EXCEPT the Communist Party are banned by Lenin • Single-party dictatorship begins

  9. Peace? • Russian Civil War (1918-1922) • Red Army (commies) fight anti-communist White Army • Leon Trotsky: placed in command of Red Army

  10. Royal Family Executed (July 1918)

  11. Land? Bread? War Communism • gov’t seizes control of land • Food is severely rationed to support Red Army • By 1921 @ 4 million Russians are dead from famine and war "Sometimes mothers and fathers feed their children human meat as a last resort. Sometimes a starving family eats the body of one of its junior members. Sometimes parents at night seize part of a body from a cemetery and feed it to their children”.

  12. Oppression… 1921: Kronstadt Revolt • Angry sailors angry about war communism and civil war revolt • Trotsky orders Red Army to squash revolt • Hundreds of sailors killed and hundreds executed for rebellion

  13. Enforced Atheism!

  14. New Secret Police Force: CHEKA

  15. Post-civil war: A New Hope? New Economic Policy • Early 1920s • Soviet gov’t on brink of collapse • War communism ended • NEP: retreat from total communism to placate masses • Small businesses allowed • Peasants allowed to control own crops and sell them

  16. BUT… 1924: Lenin dies - Leaving U.S.S.R. essentially a communist dictatorship

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