Versailles

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Versailles Russia(1917-1935)

• WWI Ends (1914-1918)
• Paris Peace Conference
• Mood
• Treaty
• Russia (1917-1935)
• Background-terms
• Background-history
• Revolution/Civil War
• Lenin
• Treaty Philosophy
• Stalin
• Rise Plan

• Key Terms
• Georges Clemenceau
• Woodrow Wilson
• Versailles Treaty
• Socialism
• Communism
• Treaty of Brest Litovsk
• Leninism
• Purges
• 5 Year Plan

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Total Casualties In World War One
Country Dead Wounded of Pop
Germany 2,037,000 4,207,000 3.82
Russia 1,811,000 1,450,000 1.89
France 1,398,000 2,000,000 4.29
Austria-Hungary 1,100,000 3,620,000 3.05
British Empire 921,000 2,090,000 2.19
Turkey 804,000 400,000 13.72
Italy 578,000 950,000 3.48
US 114,000 206,000 .13
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Paris Peace Conference
Left to right Lloyd George (GB), Sonnino
(Italy), Clemenceau (France), Wilson (US)
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Paris Peace Conference(1918)

• French Premier
• Goal Punish Germany!

Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929)
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Results Of Franco-Prussian War(1870-1871)

1. Germany became unified as a nation.
2. France had to pay reparations of 5 billion.
3. France had to give territory of Alsace-Lorraine
   to Germany.

Significance Insured French hatred of Germany.
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Paris Peace Conference(1918)

• US President
• Goal Peace without Victors League of Nations

Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924)
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Versailles Treaty(1918)

1. Germany was forced to admit sole responsibility
   for causing WWI.
2. Germany was forced to pay the cost of the war.
3. German military was dramatically reduced.
4. German Rhineland was to be a demilitarized zone.
5. Territory of Alsace Lorraine was returned to
   France.

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Definition Of Terms
Socialism

• Public (or government) ownership of all business.

Communism

• After a nation industrializes workers stage a
  bloody, violent revolution.
• A police state is established to crush all
  opposition and insure success of revolution.
• When ready, a Workers Dictatorship is
  established social classes are abolished and
  people live as equals.

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Russian Backwardness(In 1900)

• No Enlightenment little Industrialization
• 75-80 of population were peasants in 1900
• 90 at or below poverty in 1900

Russian village before Revolution
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WWI Russia

• WWI was unpopularno food people protested
  (1917).

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Russia WWI
Czar Nicholas II abdicated in 1917 later he was
executed
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Anastasia Mystery(Daughter of Czar Nicholas)
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WWI Russian RevolutionA New Leader

• Returned to Russia DURING WWI to lead Revolution
• He promised Peace, Land Bread

• Forced Russia out of WWI

Vladimir Ilich Lenin (1870-1924)
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Treaty of Brest Litovsk(March, 1918)

1. Russia surrendered to Germany left WWI
2. Cost Russia lost 25 of its territory to Germany

Significance Increased Lenins
popularitybecause he brought an end to WWI!
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Communist Manifesto(1848)

• Throughout history, all societies have had class
  conflict.
• Those with power (owners) exploit workers.
• Once a country becomes industrialized, workers
  will overthrow owners in a bloody violent
  revolution.
• Result Establishment of society based on
  equality.

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Lenins Philosophy

1. Workers AND PEASANTS could unite in a Revolution
   to topple the government.
2. All factories land should be seized by this new
   government.
3. In short-run, establish a Communist Dictatorship
   until true Communism can be established.

His ideas were still controversial Russia faced
civil war from 1918-1921.
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WWI Russian Revolution

• By 1921 civil war ended Lenin was Russias
  leader.
• In 1924 he suffered a stroke.

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Lenins Body
Religion Opiate of the masses.
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A New Leader?

• From a poor family excellent organizer
• Purges Stalin often simply imprisoned or
  executed opponents (Trotsky)

Joseph Stalin (1879-1953)
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Cathedral of Christ the Savior
Originally built as symbol of victory over
Napoleon 19th Century image
The old temple was destroyed in 1931 to be
replaced with a new one.
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Posters Propaganda
Brotherhood of workers
Promotes Industrialization
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Stalins Five Year Plan(1928-1933)

• Goal Modernize Russia ASAP!
• Industry-production increased by 400 (by 1940)
• 90 of farmland was Collectivized modernized
  to improve efficiency (by 1933)

• Cost
• Hundreds of thousands killed imprisoned-many in
  Siberia
• Famine-7 million die in Ukraine (1932-33)

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Versailles Russia(1917-1935)

• WWI Ends (1914-1918)
• Paris Peace Conference
• Mood
• Treaty
• Russia (1917-1935)
• Background-terms
• Background-history
• Revolution/Civil War
• Lenin
• Treaty Philosophy
• Stalin
• Rise Plan

• Key Terms
• Georges Clemenceau
• Woodrow Wilson
• Versailles Treaty
• Socialism
• Communism
• Treaty of Brest Litovsk
• Leninism
• Purges
• 5 Year Plan