Russian Revolution

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Russian RevolutionPocket(Trent), Niara, Daniel

What??● The Russian People were upset with Tsar Nicholas

● Started Petrograd, Russia, with impoverished people

● Armed revolution in October 1917

Russian Propaganda

Who? Vladimir Lenin: People rallied behind

Promised “land peace and bread”

Tsar Nicholas: Involved Russia in wars

Created poverty in Petrograd, Russia leading people to revolt

Russia’s involvement in WWI

Russia had a bigger impact with WWIIbut fought against germany in WWI

Results

● People followed Lenin and overthrew the monarchy

Works Cited● http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/russianrev/terms.html

● http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/ww1/summary.html

● http://www.history.com/topics/russian-revolution

● http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Revolution