The Russian Revolution

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The Russian Revolution

• What was the Russian Revolution and how did it
  change the government of Russia?

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What was the Russian Revolution?

• An armed revolt against the absolute power of
  Russian czar, Nicholas II
• Spring fall of 1917
• Saw the creation of the world first real Marxist
  (Communist) state
• The USSR

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Why where the Russian people unhappy with Czar
Nicholas?

• Unhappy with a number of things
• Tired of absolute monarchy
• More personal freedom
• Tired of poor working conditions pay
• Few jobs / poor economy
• Famines / widespread depression
• Tired of Russias foreign wars
• Russo-Japanese War (1904-05)
• World War I (1914 17)

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Poor Working Conditions / Pay
An Early Russian Factory
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The Russian Serfs
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Bloody Sunday (1905)
The Czars Winter Palace in St. Petersburg
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Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905
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Russias Entry into World War I
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Russias Epic Disaster in WWI
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Nicholas II The Last Romanov Czarr. 1894-1917
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The Czar The Royal Family
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The heir to the throne, Alexei
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The Strange Case of Rasputin
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Who lead the revolt against Czar Nicholas?

• The leader of the Bolsheviks was Vladimir Lenin
• 1870 1924
• Lawyer / Activist
• Exiled from Russia for his radical thoughts
• Returned to Russia in 1917
• With the help of the Germans

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Assassination Background
Lenins older brother Aleksandr was accused of
plotting to assassinate Czar Alexander III and
was executed His death had a profound impact on
Lenin
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Lenin Speaking in Russia, 1900
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Lenin in Exile in Switzerland (1901)
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Lenins Return to Russia (1917)
LENIN INCOGNITO
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How did the Bolsheviks gain power in Russia?

• Czar Nicholas II abdicates (steps down) as czar
• Lenin smuggled into the country
• Temporary democratic government fails
• Very weak / ineffective

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The Russian Revolutions Big Three
LENIN
STALIN
TROTSKY
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What happened as a result of the Russian
Revolution?

• Civil war in Russia
• Reds Lenins supporters
• Whites democratic / supporters of the Czar
• Reds eventually win
• Set up a communist government (USSR)
• Czar his family are executed

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The last known photo of the Czar and his family,
cir 1918
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The Ipatiev House (1918)
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The murder scene, photographed by White forces,
cir. 1918
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What happened to Anastasia?