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Russian Revolution

Russian Revolution. SS6H7a Describe major developments following WWI: the Russian Revolution, the Treaty of Versailles, world-wide depression, and the rise of Nazism. Russian Revolution. ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

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Russian Revolution

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  1. Russian Revolution SS6H7a Describe major developments following WWI: the Russian Revolution, the Treaty of Versailles, world-wide depression, and the rise of Nazism

  2. Russian Revolution • ESSENTIAL QUESTION: • How did the Russian Revolution contribute to the instability in Europe during and after World War I?

  3. Russian Revolution • Czar (Tsar) Nicholas II - absolute ruler of Russia - was an ally of Great Britain and France during WWI - failed to solve Russia’s worsening problems during the war. - could not identify with his peoples’ problems and was eventually overthrown. - The czar and his family were brutally murdered by the revolutionaries

  4. Russian Revolution • Reasons for Russian Revolution - too much money spent on the war when people were starving. - made peasants pay high taxes - did not allow representative government - poor working conditions for urban factory workers

  5. Events of the Russian Revolution Czar Nicholas II gave in to pressure from his people and allowed them to form a Duma, or national representative assembly, but this duma had very limited power.

  6. Events of the Russian Revolution - Russian people were tired of starving and tired of the high casualties (over 8 million) of the war. They revolted in March 1917 overthrowing Czar Nicholas II. - They formed soviets, or socialist committees of workers and peasants, to represent their interests.

  7. Vladimir Lenin - leader of the Bolshevik party (Communists), a soviet. - promised to take Russia out of the war and give all land to the peasants and all factories to the workers. - gained control of Russia in November 1917 and renamed the country, Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR), aka Soviet Union After Lenin’s death in 1924, his preserved body was put on display in Moscow. You can go there today and see his body on display. Yuck!

  8. Russian Revolution - Many people opposed Lenin and the Bolshevik Party - Fighting began between different groups for the next three years. - After much burning villages and killing of civilians, the fighting stopped and the Bolshevik Party won. - Lenin remained leader of the USSR

  9. Vocabulary Soviet - socialist committees of workers and peasants Duma - national representative assembly Czar Nicholas II – last czar of Russia Vladimir Lenin – leader of the Bolshevik Party and first leader of the USSR Bolshevik - radical socialist group led by Vladimir Lenin

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