How Did Vladimir Lenin Change Russia

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How did Vladimir Lenin change Russia?

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How did Vladimir Lenin change Russia?

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October 1917 Revolution• What impression does this painting give of the

October Revolution?

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What is Communism?• Lenin turned Russia into the first Communist

country in the world.• Communism means;

-Everyone is equal

-Religion is banned

-Only the government owns businesses

-There are no rich and in theory no poor

-You can only vote for the Communist party

-There are no private schools.

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What changes did Lenin make?

1. Copy out the brown box on page 39 in Modern Minds textbook.

2. Put heading Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and make notes from page 38 in Modern Minds textbook.

3. What happened to the rich in Russia? (notes from page 39)

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Civil War 1918-1921• In 1918, a civil war broke out in Russia because

many different groups were unhappy with Communism, such as the rich, priests, other political groups.

• In the Civil War, the Communists were called ‘Reds’ and their opponents were called ‘Whites’.

• The Reds stole food from the peasants to feed their soldiers and so eventually the peasants stopped growing food.

• This lead to a terrible famine where 7 million people died of starvation.

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Death of Lenin• In 1924, Lenin died after a stroke.• His body was preserved and can still be seen

today in Red Square in Moscow.• Under his body, is a huge machine, which keeps

his body at a certain temperature.• He is injected with chemicals and a team of

people have to remove mould from his body with toothbrushes.

• Every day, hundreds of tourists visit his mausoleum; the man who brought the world Communism!

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