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Establishment of Communism
in Russia
Russian Revolution to World War
II
1917-1937
War turns in Central Power’s
Favor • 1917
• Germans capture Russian City of Riga
• Eastern Front collapsing
• Famine in Russia and dissent in Russian
Ranks
Germany’s Secret Weapon
• Vladimir Lenin
• Had been exiled from
Russia
• Germans smuggle Lenin
back into Russia to have
him start Revolution
against Russian Tsar
• Begins group of
Communists called
Bolsheviks
Russian Revolution
February Revolution
• Feb 28, 1917
• Russian people upset
with war
• Duma calls for Tsar to
abdicate
• Monarchy replaced by
Provisional Government
October Revolution
• Oct 24, 1917
• Workers of Petrograd
begin rebellions
• Bolsheviks rose up and
occupied St. Petersburg
Treaty of Brest-
Litovsk
• March 3, 1918
• Treaty signed by Russians and
Germans
• Russians Surrender
• Give up most of European Lands
• Negated later by Treaty of
Versailles
Russian Civil War
• 1919 - 1921
• Bolsheviks – Led by Lenin
• Mensheviks – Led by Lavr Kornilov
• Monarchists – supporters of Tsar
• Foreign Nations – Americans and British
• Bolsheviks win
Death of Lenin • Jan 21, 1924 died from
complications from 3
strokes
• Considered father of
Communism in Russia
• Cult established
around Lenin
– Gave him “Christ-Like”
status
Leon Trotsky
• Appointed by Lenin
as “War Commissar”
• Hand picked
successor of Lenin
• Stalin built support
within party and out
maneuvered Trotsky
• Killed in 1940
Joseph Stalin
• Born Iosif
Vissarionovich
Dzhugashvili in
Georgia
• Appointed General
Secretary of
Communist Party
Lenin’s last Will
In 1923 Lenin Wrote in
his Last Will that
“the comrades find a
way to remove Stalin”
Stalin vs. Trotsky • Stalin was able to prevent Lenin’s will from
getting publicized
• Stalin used position to gain support and
make contacts with top ranking officials
• Trotsky weakened by religion and
intellectual arrogance
• Trotsky outmaneuvered so runs to Mexico
• Remained opposed to Stalin
Stalin Secures Power
• Without Trotsky Stalin was virtually
unopposed
• Completely controlled Soviet Union by
1929
Stalin’s Image
• Tried to portray himself as Lenin’s true pick
for successor
– Would be displayed next to Lenin after Death
• Tried to convince people he was like a father
to the people
In the following pictures explain what
each image is trying to portray
Socialist Realism
Central Questions
How would Stalin be able to use the
combination of these types of propaganda
and strict censorship?
Are there similar examples of propaganda
that can be found in Modern America?
American Realism
Modern Propaganda
Stalin Actuality
• Very very Paranoid
• Embarked on Great Purge
– Army Officer Corps
– Political Opponents
– Anyone who Spoke out against Stalin
– Friends and Family
– Average citizens
Sentencing
• Exiled to Gulags in Siberia
– Work Camps
– Comparable to Concentration Camps
– Used as part of “forced Modernization”
• Execution
– On the Spot
– Trial
Gulags
Gulags
Execution
Purging the Empire
Effects
• Stalin Had to rebuild officer Corps
– Unprepared for WW2
• Massive death tolls for Soviet Union
– 20 million dead during WW2
– 3-12 million imprisoned
– Death tolls from Purge 500,000 to 2million