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The Bolsheviks
Bolsheviks was a political party in Russia During the Bolsheviks, Czar was dethroned. The start of the Bolsheviks was calles the "February Revolution" Lead by Lenin who folowed the ideas of Karl Marx for communism -
March
Riots and strikes begin the February Revolution Most Russians had lost all hope in Russia's leaders Riots began in St. Petersburg Provisional Government came into power -
The March Revolution
Famale textile workers in Petrograd led a citywide strike in 1907. They yelled down with Autocracy and 200,000 workers streamed the streets over 5 days. -
Octover Revolution
October Revolution in Russia was manily caused by the Provisional Government staying in WWI. The October Revolution undid everything that the March (or February) Revolution did. The October Revolution was lead by the Bolsheviks and Lenin. -
The provisional government topples
Armed workers stormed the palace and took over the government without warning. They called themselves the Bolshevik Red Gaurds.3 -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
On March 11, 1918 Russia and Germany signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Russia gave up much of it's land to Germany -
Civil War in Russia
On April 1, 1918 a civil war started in Russia that lasted until 1920. The Bolsheviks faced enemies in their home front an 14 million russians died in the 3 year struggle to power. -
Czar Nicholas II
the last Emperor of Russia, Grand Duke of Finland and claimant to the title of King of Poland. His official title was Nicholas II. the monarch had been executed on the order of the Presidium of the Ural Regional Soviet under pressure posed by the approach of the Czechoslovaks. His diary says it was under the authority of Lenin. -
Women's right to vote
The 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting women the right to vote, is signed into law by Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby. -
New Economic Policy
In March 1921, Lenin temporarily put aside his plan for a state-controlled economy. Instead, he resorted to a small-scale version of capitalism called the New Economic Policy. -
American Birth Control League
Margaret Sanger founds theMargaret Sanger founds the American Birth Control League, which evolves into the Planned Parenthood Federation of America in 1942. -
Russia into USSR
Wanted to form a new type of government, Russia became part of the USSR in 1918. decided to call their country the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. -
Treaty of Rapallo
As the war ended, both Germany and USSR were in a devastated state. Germany were not permitted by Treaty of Versailles to produce war materials. USSR, on the other hand, lacked the technology to advance in the modern state. Therefore, the Treaty of Rapallo were made where Germany will give manufacturing technology in exchange for production of illegal war materials. -
Lenin's Stroke
On June 3rd, 1922 Lenin suffered from a stroke. The stroke did not kill him but it did set in motion competition for the upcoming communist party. -
Russian Civil War ends
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Stalin
When Lenin died, Joseph Stalin took his place. He was a harsh dictator and didn't allow people to go by their religions. Also, he had a secret police which killed anyone who went against his ways. -
The Rise and Fall of Communism
Vladimir Lenin and his army made a new nation called the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union had 15 republic conisting different enthic groups. Lenin admired a German politicall thinker named Karl Marx. He thought that industries were not fair and thre owners held great power. That being said, Lenin wanted everyone to be equal. Lenin brought the private ownership to a conclusion, which brought the frams and factories under the control of the Soviet Union. Joseph Stalin later took his place. -
Stalin takes control
Stalin began his ruthless climb to the head of the government between 1922 and 1927. Lenin believed that Stalin was a dangerous man. Shortly before he died in 1924, Lenin wrote, “Comrade Stalin . . . has concentrated enormous power in his hands, and I am not sure that he always knows how to use that power with sufficient caution.” By 1928, Stalin was in total command of the communist party. -
Collectivization and 5 Year Plan
Stalin wanted the new Russia to industrialize as quick as possible. He began to build large state run farms and develop economic plans that promoted the making of large facilities for metallurgy and such things. -States responded to economic challenges in various ways -
Ministry of Internal Affairs
Stalin created this office and he used it as a secret police. He used it to control suspicious people that could've overthrown him. -
National Council of Negro Women
Mary McLeod Bethune organizes the National Council of Negro Women, a coalition of black women's groups that lobbies against job discrimination, racism, and sexism. -
Stalin's "Great Purge" in USSR
It was a series of campaigns of political repression and persecution in the Soviet Union orchestrated by Joseph Stalin. It involved a large-scale purge of the Communist Party and government officials, repression of peasants, Red Army leadership, and the persecution of unaffiliated persons, characterized by widespread police surveillance, widespread suspicion of "saboteurs", imprisonment, and arbitrary executions. It displayed Stalin's power-hungry paranoia. -
Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact
This pact was between the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Soviet Union used it as a way to save time to prepare for war. Germany used this as a way to expand even more. -International organizations of interdependency among states, communities & individuals -
Invasion of Poland by Germany
the September Campaign or 1939 Defensive War or Poland Campaign, was an invasion of Poland by Germany, the Soviet Union, and a small Slovak contingent that marked the beginning of World War II in Europe. It began one week after the signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. It ended with Germany and the Soviet Union dividing and annexing the whole of Poland. -
German invasion of USSR
Operation Barbarossa, over 3.9 million troops of the Axis powers invaded the USSR along a 1,800 mi front. It is the largest invasion in the history of warfare. The ambitious operation, driven by Adolf Hitler's persistent desire to conquer the Russian territories, marked the beginning of the pivotal phase in deciding the victors of the war. It ultimately resulted in 95% of all German Army casualties from 1941 to 1944 and 65% of all Allied military casualties accumulated throughout the war.