Russian Revolution

ignite

Marxists tried to ignite revolution among the proletariat. Why?

D.F.W.M.T

Disasters on the battlefield.

Food and fuel shortages.

Workers on strike.

Marches for bread.

The decision to stay in the war.

will

Tsar enforces his will using a secret police

He took

He left

He took charge at the front, but was incompetent and a General

He left Tsarina Alexandera, in the charge if Russia.

and led to and

Food shortages and rising prices led to strikes and bread riots.

formed and decided

Provisional government formed and decided to stay in the Great War.

S F

C o w a s

Soviet Form

Councils of workers and soldiers were revolutionary socialists who worked outside the Provisional govt. and the plot the revolution.

Bolsheviks means majority.

Ironic because the Bolsheviks are NOT A MAJORITY (they were a minority)

kill

Lenin’s older brother was hanged for plotting to kill Alexander lll. This is why he hated the Tsarist govt.

Most viewed Socialism as being achieved through…

High wages, suffrage, and welfare

Lenin believed in Socialism but only through revolution

High wages, suffrage, and welfare (NOT REVOLUTION)

Lenin …

Lenin promised Peace, Land, and Bread

belonged

“Land Decree“ land belonged to farmers/peasants.

L e I b m

Lenin enforced ideas by murdering 200,000 via secret police (reign of terror), and banning political parties, and newspapers, and creating the gulag system.

seized

Lenin seized land of the Russian Orthodox Church

wanted a

Wanted a Proletariat Socialist State/No Capitalism

entwined

New flag entwined hammer and sickle symbolizing union: workers and peasants

(Sickle = Peasants)

entwined

New flag entwined hammer and sickle symbolizing union: workers and peasants

(Hammer = Workers)

gave up

Russia gave up 1/3 of its population and Poland-Latvia-Lithuania-Estonia-Finland to end their part in WW1

gave up

Russia gave up 1/3 of its population and Poland-Latvia-Lithuania-Estonia-Finland to end their part in WW1

hands

Wanted a classless society: means of production in the hands of the people.

N.G.G

1. New Economic Policy: some capitalism -free small business operation for private profit

2. Govt. stopped squeezing peasants for grain

3. Govt. owned land and sold surplus for profit.

enforce

Lenin created the Cheka, a secret police force, to enforce the party’s decisions.

is now

Lenin strengthened the govt., created the secret police, seized the means of production, and executed dissents.

((Lenin) He is now the dictator of the Communist Party)

for all

Lenin became the Tsar for all intents and purposes.

represented

Reds represented the Red (Bolshevik-Communist) Army

loyal to the

Whites were counterrevolutionaries loyal to the Tsar (socialist,-democrats,-tsarists)

aided by

Whites were aided by France, Britain, U.S. who wanted the Russians to continue fighting against the Germans.

instrumental

Because most people didn’t like the Tsar, the Whites were instrumental in rousing nationalistic feelings that led to the defeat of the Whites.

deliver

Peasants forced to deliver surplus food to city workers.

into the

Peasant laborers forced into the military or work in factories.

effective

Trotsky created effective Army (Red). He used rousing speeches to motivate them to fight

borrowed

He borrowed a tactic from the Romans where every 10th man in a unit that didn’t preform well was shot.

The Romans considered cowardice a disgrace.