October Revolution

Eric BeckmanAnoka HS, MN

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Russian Revolutions: The Big Picture

Febuary/March Revoltuion

• Eliminated the Tsar

• Democratic Republic

• Stayed in World War I

October/November Revolution

• Bolsheviks rode wave of popular revolution

• Promised “Peace, Land, and Bread”

• Established dictatorship of Communist Party

Civil War

• Red vs. White• Red victory• Established

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

• Transition to socialism

Lenin’s Revision of Marx

Imperialism extended Capitalism

Strike Capitalism at weakest link

Political party necessary for revolution

Results of the Russian Revolutions

Popular revolution continued

Bolsheviks (Communists) seized control of the

government

Civil War

Communist Rule

Results of the Russian Revolution

• Popular revolution continued– Peasants– Soldiers and sailors– Factory workers

Results of the Russian Revolution• Bolsheviks (Communists) seized control of the

government

Year of the Proletarian Dictatorship

Results of the Russian Revolution

• Civil War– Red vs. White

Results of the Russian Revolution

• Civil War– Red vs. White– Suffering

Results of the Russian Revolution

• Communist Rule– Exit from WWI– Dictatorship– Liquidation of private property• But…NEP

– Social services– Rights for women– Created the USSR

Shifting Political Economy

War Communism

• Forced requisition

• Red Army control

• Suffering and de-urbanization

New Economic Policy

• Compromise with peasantry

• Limited markets• Increased

production

Stalinism

• Industrialization • 5 year plans• Collectivization

of Agriculture

From Lenin to Stalin

• Struggle for leadership– Trotsky vs. Stalin

• Josef Stalin– Revolutionary– Secretary General

• Politics: Totalitarian• Economics– Collectivization– Five Year Plans