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The Russian Revolution

The Russian Revolution . Revolution: Russia. Like Mexico, strained by period of rapid and disruptive modernization March 1917 rioters called for food, work and a new political regime

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The Russian Revolution

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  1. The Russian Revolution

  2. Revolution: Russia • Like Mexico, strained by period of rapid and disruptive modernization • March 1917 rioters called for food, work and a new political regime • Liberals called for reforms that emphasized parliamentary rule, religious and other freedoms, variety of other changes Street scene in the wake of Tsar Nicholas II's abdication. Photo: Getty Images

  3. Revolution: Russia • Liberals are not victorious • Public morale plummeted • Public unrest lead to November revolution • Bolsheviks and Lenin took power through they did not win a majority in the elections • Lenin shut down parliament • Replaced it with Bolshevik-dominated Congress of Soviets

  4. Revolution: Russia • Most outsiders appalled by values espoused by revolutionaries • 1918-1921 civil war • Order restored • Red Army • New Economic Policy • Union of Soviet Socialist Republics • Supreme Soviet • New constitution Portrait of Felix Dzerzhinsky, 1923Dzerzhinsky was a Russian revolutionary from Polish decent and the founder of the Cheka, forerunner of the security service – the KGB.

  5. Revolution: Russia • Workers • Able to influence management practices • Women • Carved legal equality • New educational and work opportunities • Education • Wide-spread • Secular

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