1. Political Cartoon: Russian Revolution

2. Aramis Torry and Cindy Grande 912
Russian Revolution
Aramis Torry and Cindy Grande
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3. Russia Becomes Industrialized:
Czar Resists Change --
Autocratic rule continues
Russia Becomes Industrialized --
Proletariat - the workers
Marxist revolutionaries formed “a dictatorship of the proletariat”
Bolsheviks - radical revolutionary group
V.I. Lenin - ruthless leader of the Bolsheviks

4. Problems Arise In Russia
Russo-Japanese War --
Russia was defeated and had major loss
Bloody Sunday: The Revolution of
Violent protest against czar for better working conditions, more personal freedom and elected legislature
World War I --
Russia was not prepared for war, had a major defeat, disrupted economy, and had the weakness of the czar revealed

5. The March Revolution Violent protests against autocracy
Czar Finally Steps Down --
Established a new provisional government
Russia made a fatal decision to continue to fighting in World War I
Soviets, which were a radical group of socialist revolutionaries were established
Lenin Returns to Russia and leads a revolution
with his Bolshevik supporters --

6. The Bolshevik Revolution
The Provisional Government Topples --
By 1917, people in the cities were called ‘All power to the soviets’
Lenin’s slogan were ‘peace, land, and bread
The arrested the leaders of the provisional government
Bolshevik In Power--
Lenin and his workers that were called Bolsheviks took over the factories
He signed a truce with Germany to stop all the fighting
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
They surrendered a larger part of its territory to Germany and its allies

7. Bolshevik In Power Civil War Rages in Russia--
Around 14 million Russians died in the three year struggle, and in the famine that followed
Fighting,hunger, and a worldwide flu made Russia in chaos
Red army crushed all opposition
The victory showed that Bolsheviks were able both to seize power and maintain it
White army supported the return to rule by czar
The groups barely cooperated with each other

8. Lenin Restores Order New Economic Policy--
War and revolution destroyed the Russian economy
He resorted to a small scale version of capitalism called New Economic Policy (NEP)
The government kept control of major industries, and banks, but it let some small factories, business, and farms under private ownership
Political Reforms--
In 1922 the country was named the Union of Soviet Social Republics
Bolshevik renamed their party the Communist Party

9. Stalin Becomes Dictator
Stalin Dies--
Lenin suffered a stroke in 1922
During his early days as a Bolshevik, he changed his name to Stalin, which means “man of steel” in Russian
Lenin believed that Stalin was a dangerous man
By 1928, Stalin was in total command of the Communist Party