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Transcript of October Revolution Eric Beckman Anoka HS, MN Pictures from Time.com.
October Revolution
Eric BeckmanAnoka HS, MN
Pictures from Time.com
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