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History Mindset
How did police respond to the February Rebellion?
Joined the protests
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RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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Background
• World War I went badly for Russia on the Eastern Front
• The Russian army was large, but technologically backwards
• Used horses and bayonets against machine guns and tanks
• The more modern German army inflicted heavy losses on the Russians
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Causes of the Russian Revolution
• Anger Against The Tzar:
• Many were tired of the Romanov dynasty that had ruled them for over 300 years
• Tzar Nicholas took command of the army and failed miserably as a military leader
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Causes of Russian Revolution
Losing the War:Food shortages left many starving
Many blamed the Czar for millions of dead Russians in World War I
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Revolution Begins• February Rebellion 1917:
nearly 200,000 workers swarm the streets shouting to take down the aristocracy
• Armed forces and police joined protesters
• By March 1917, the czar was overthrown
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Leader of the Russian Revolution
• Vladimir Lenin led the Bolsheviks (the radical left wing for the communist party)
• Promised “Bread, Peace and Land!”
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Leader of the Russian Revolution
• Lenin adapted Marx’s ideas for Russia.
• First Communist leader of Russia
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Leader of the Russian Revolution
• By the summer of 1917 Lenin’s Bolsheviks had seized control of the government.
• In July 1917, The czar and his family were executed.
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Revolution Outcomes
Bolsheviks rename their party the COMMUNIST PARTY!
Goal: classless society, gov. run by the people
Result: Dictatorship by Lenin and his government
(In other words, the working class would
have control as a community)
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Effects of Russian Revolution
• Over 80,000 dead Red and White soldiers
• Massive starvation & disease
• The formation of the secret police
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Effects of Russian Revolution
• “Russia” changed to “Soviet Union”
• Capital moved to Moscow from St. Petersburg