Russian Storybook

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1. The Formula for Twentieth Century Revolution

•Traditional Rural Society

•Rapid Industrialization

•Corrupt, stubborn, unresponsive political system

•Harsh living conditions, unfair treatment

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2. Failure of the Provisional Government

•Liberal provisional government replaces Czar

•Liberalism not deeply rooted in Russia

•Continued to fight in WWI

•Did not grant massive land reforms and respected private property

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3. Success of the Bolsheviks

•Tight organization with a plan of action

•Lenin was a charismatic leader, great revolutionary organizer

•Created a vanguard of the Proletariat (Dictatorial Force)

•Protect Russia against capitalism and western imperialism

•Pressed for state control of all land

•Called for immediate revolution

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4. Actions of the Bolsheviks

•Created a one party communist system

•Exited WWI (Brest-Litovsk Treaty)

•Redistributed land to peasants

•Nationalized Basic Industry

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5. Civil War

•Resistance from czarist loyalists

•Whites (Czarist loyalists) vs Reds (Communists)

•Whites were supported by U.S., France, Britain, and Japan

•3 year war – Red Army wins, widespread support against foreign intervention.

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6. New Economic Policy (NEP)

•1921 – Lenin promises greater freedom to small business and peasant farmers

•Temporary policy to boost economy

•Allowed some capitalism and private ownership of land

•Food production began to recover, stabilized government

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7. Summary

•USSR becomes the first Communist nation

•Created a new political, economic and cultural structure without internal challenge

•Authoritarian Rule

•Supported socialist movements around the world

•1923 – New constitution created a federal system of socialist republics

•Capital is moved to Moscow

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