RUSSIA’S REVOLUTION By. Leslie Iljee

Causes of Russian Revolution-(1917)

Oppressive rule of 19th century czars Autocracy (total power)

Unfair governing Social inequalities

Peasants

Czar Alexander III – (1881) “Autocracy”“Orthodoxy

“Nationality” Wipe out

Revolutionaries Nationalism

Oppress of other national groups

Anti-Jewish Pogroms

Czar Nicholas II- (1894) Resists Change

Autocracy Puts Russia in to

World War I

Economic Growth Number of factory doubles in 37 years

Russia is catching up with industrial nations of Western Europe

Sergey Witte (minister) Programs to move forward. Growth of Steel Trans-Siberian Railway

Result from Industrialization Factories

Working conditions Low wages Lack of political power

Proletariats vs. Entrepreneur Rich and poor

Revolutionary Movement Karl Marx view Revolutionaries

Bolsheviks Sacrifice for radical

change Support small # of

committed revolutionaries

Lenin Mensheviks

Broad base of popular support

One of the Revolution. Bloody Sunday

Bloody Sunday- Jan. 22nd 1905

Who: 200,000 workers and their family

Where: Czar’s Winter Palace (St. Petersburg)

Why: for better working conditions, freedom, elected national legislature

500~1000 unarmed people were killed.

Wave of strikes and violence

Nicholas promises more freedom. Approves “Duma”- Russia’s first parliament

World War 1 –(1914) Nicholas II drags Russia in to WW1

although Russia was unprepared. 4 million soldiers, prisoners,

wounded 1915, Nicholas moves his

headquarters to the war front Rasputin the “holy man” takes over

MARCH REVOLUTION Women/Workers/ soldiers

attacked Ended Czar Nicholas II Began provisional

government –Alexander Kerensky , go on with war

Russia got even worse- peasants demanded more land , formed Soviets

LENIN RETURNS TO RUSSIAGermans way of

destroying the provisional government even more

“Secret Plan”Germans thought

Lenin would make Russia

into a worse situation Sent him in a box

BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION Lenin seeks

chance of ruling Russia

-attacks the provisional government and its leaders

It was over in a matter of hours

BOLSHEVIKS IN POWER Lenin solved problems that they had during

the czar rule. Ex. Distributed farmland to peasants -Gave factory control to the workers Signed treaty Brest- Litovsk with Germany - made Russians humiliated -stopped following the Bolsheviks rule

CIVIL WAR Between the Russians

and the Germans Wanted to get rid of

Germans White vs. Reds. U. S helped support

the White Army Million people died -famine fighting

hungerRussians won

LENIN TRIES TO MAKE RUSSIA BETTER New Economic

Policy(NEP) -more like capitalism Saw nationalism as

threat SO many self Governing republics with one central government- USSR Bolsheviks – change communist party Lenin leader of

communist party not proletariat