Russian Revolution

  • Karl Marx and Fredrich Engels write the Communist Manifesto

    Karl Marx and Fredrich Engels write the Communist Manifesto

    Bourgieosie- middle class
    Proletariat- working class
    Class conflict- tension and fighting between two different classes.
    the two classes of Marx are Bourgieosie and Proletariat.
    Marx claimed that having no social classes and a communist community will end inequality.
  • Tsar Nicholas inherits the throne

    Tsar Nicholas inherits the throne

    Khodynka Tragedy- on May 30th there was a crowd crash in Moscow Russia.
    Nicholas was an immature, lazy, and a very unserious ruler.
    he was not prepared to rule because his father thought that he would last longer and have plenty of years to come to teach Nicholas but his father died very unexpected.
  • Russian loss in Russo-Japanese War

    Russian loss in Russo-Japanese War

    the Russian people were embarrassed and humiliated because the Japanese military wasn't known for its fighting so it was a surprize to people.
  • Bloody Sunday Protests

    Bloody Sunday Protests

    Clergy- group of important people in a church that have responsibilities.
    St. Petersburg/Petrograd- second largest city in Russia.
    the Russia people were protesting because they were bringing a petition to improve the working and living conditions for workers. they were protesting in St. Petersburg at the Winter Palace. the protesters got shot by the guards. its called Bloody Sunday because hundreds of people died and thousands of people were wounded.
  • Rasputin killed

    Rasputin killed

    Rasputin was a faith healer. he was shot, poisoned, and beaten by a group for nobles.
    Alexandra Feodorouna was the tsarina. she was influenced because Rasputin healed her son so she trusted him.
  • March (February) Revolution (Women’s Revolution)

    March (February) Revolution (Women’s Revolution)

    Abdicate- stop ones time on the throne
    the revolution was sparked from world war 1 and bread.
    the women were the ones protesting and pushing limits.
    Because of it the tsar stepped down from the throne.
  • Vladimir Lenin arrives in Russia

    Vladimir Lenin arrives in Russia

    Lenin was a Russian revolutionary and politician, the role he played in the revolution was withdrawing russia from world war 1, and ended all cooperation with provisional government. the three promises he made were peace, bread, and land. technically he did keep his promises but his actions later un traveled his promises.
  • October Revolution

    October Revolution

    Bolsheviks- democratic labor party led by lenin
    mensheviks- Marxist Russian Social Democratic labor Party(RSDLP)
    Provisional government- A temporary government that helps during struggles in a state.
    Soviet- A person in the Soviet union.
    The goals of this revolution was to overthrow the provisional government and bring it to a communist state.
  • Russia signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

    Russia signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

    Russia gave up lots of land line Finland and Poland, they also lost population, coal, oil, and industry. the reason they signed was because they had a really weak military.
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    Red Terror

    Checka- A secret police organization in the Soviet Union. The leaders were Lenin and Felix. Regular people had to deal with violent attacks like forced labor, torture, and stolen land. The Romanous were executed by Bolsheviks. The terror happened to scare people and let the Bolsheviks through the fear of the people.
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    War Communism

    War Communism- a economic and political system created by the Bolsheviks. The purpose was to get an an economy that will support the red army.
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    Russian Civil War

    Red army- bolsheviks party or workers/peasants.
    White army- they were against the Bosheviks and remains of tsar government.
    thewar broke out after the red army got power and then withdrew from World War 1 and the community was split in half.The red army wanted a communist government while the white army wanted the traditional, noncommunist government. the red army won the civil war.
  • War Communism Photo

    War Communism Photo

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    New Economic Policy

    Lenin changed communism by adding capitalist practices like private ownership or small businesses. He did this to build up their crashing down economy.
  • Red Terror Photo

    Red Terror Photo

  • Russian Civil War photo

    Russian Civil War photo

  • Lenin dies, Stalin comes to power

    Lenin dies, Stalin comes to power

    Joseph Stalin was the secretary general of the communist party in the Soviet union.
  • New Economic Policy

    New Economic Policy

  • Reflection Slide

    Reflection Slide

    1. I've learned that It was the citizens that made a different in the country while all their leaders lead them into a disaster. 2.I think that they were better off before if Nicholas's father never died.
    2. I think it teaches that one selfish ruler can ruin a whole community and all traditional ways of a country.