RUSSIA’S REVOLUTION
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RUSSIA’S REVOLUTION By. Leslie Iljee
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Causes of Russian Revolution-(1917)
Oppressive rule of 19th century czars Autocracy (total power)
Unfair governing Social inequalities
Peasants
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Czar Alexander III – (1881) “Autocracy”“Orthodoxy
“Nationality” Wipe out
Revolutionaries Nationalism
Oppress of other national groups
Anti-Jewish Pogroms
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Czar Nicholas II- (1894) Resists Change
Autocracy Puts Russia in to
World War I
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Economic Growth Number of factory doubles in 37 years
Russia is catching up with industrial nations of Western Europe
Sergey Witte (minister) Programs to move forward. Growth of Steel Trans-Siberian Railway
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Result from Industrialization Factories
Working conditions Low wages Lack of political power
Proletariats vs. Entrepreneur Rich and poor
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Revolutionary Movement Karl Marx view Revolutionaries
Bolsheviks Sacrifice for radical
change Support small # of
committed revolutionaries
Lenin Mensheviks
Broad base of popular support
One of the Revolution. Bloody Sunday
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Bloody Sunday- Jan. 22nd 1905
Who: 200,000 workers and their family
Where: Czar’s Winter Palace (St. Petersburg)
Why: for better working conditions, freedom, elected national legislature
500~1000 unarmed people were killed.
Wave of strikes and violence
Nicholas promises more freedom. Approves “Duma”- Russia’s first parliament
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World War 1 –(1914) Nicholas II drags Russia in to WW1
although Russia was unprepared. 4 million soldiers, prisoners,
wounded 1915, Nicholas moves his
headquarters to the war front Rasputin the “holy man” takes over
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MARCH REVOLUTION Women/Workers/ soldiers
attacked Ended Czar Nicholas II Began provisional
government –Alexander Kerensky , go on with war
Russia got even worse- peasants demanded more land , formed Soviets
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LENIN RETURNS TO RUSSIAGermans way of
destroying the provisional government even more
“Secret Plan”Germans thought
Lenin would make Russia
into a worse situation Sent him in a box
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BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION Lenin seeks
chance of ruling Russia
-attacks the provisional government and its leaders
It was over in a matter of hours
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BOLSHEVIKS IN POWER Lenin solved problems that they had during
the czar rule. Ex. Distributed farmland to peasants -Gave factory control to the workers Signed treaty Brest- Litovsk with Germany - made Russians humiliated -stopped following the Bolsheviks rule
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CIVIL WAR Between the Russians
and the Germans Wanted to get rid of
Germans White vs. Reds. U. S helped support
the White Army Million people died -famine fighting
hungerRussians won
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LENIN TRIES TO MAKE RUSSIA BETTER New Economic
Policy(NEP) -more like capitalism Saw nationalism as
threat SO many self Governing republics with one central government- USSR Bolsheviks – change communist party Lenin leader of
communist party not proletariat