Russian Revolution

The Russian Revolution

Page 1

  • Overview of the Russian Revolution

Page 2: Bloody Sunday, St. Petersburg 1905

  • Soldiers for Tsar Nicholas II fired on a protesting mob.

  • Resulted in the death of approximately 100 individuals.

  • Significant loss of faith in the Tsar, leading to revolutions across Russia.

Page 3: Czar Nicholas II's Response

  • Growing discontent across Russia culminated in the Russian Revolution of 1905.

  • Nicholas II created the October Manifesto in response to the unrest.

Page 4: March Revolution, 1917

  • A spontaneous uprising driven by widespread hunger and discontent.

  • People’s belief in the Tsar's leadership was irreparably damaged.

  • Strikes erupted in Petrograd; workers organized into councils known as soviets.

  • Tsar Nicholas II abdicated, leading to the formation of a Provisional Government by the Duma.

Page 5: Provisional Government Crisis

  • Leadership by Alexander Kerensky, a socialist figure.

  • The government decided to continue fighting in World War I.

  • By Summer 1917, military failures, shortages, and public disillusionment increased.

Page 6: Rise of the Bolsheviks

  • The Bolsheviks opposed the Provisional Government.

  • V.I. Lenin returned from Switzerland, sent by Germany to weaken Russia.

  • Leon Trotsky led a coup against the Provisional Government on November 6.

  • The army dispersed the legislature, and the Bolsheviks nationalized several industries.

Page 7: Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, 1918

  • The Bolsheviks needed to deliver on their promise of