1. Revolution and Civil War in Russia
Chapter 11 Section 5

2. Standard/ Objective
Objective: You will be able to explain the causes and consequences of the Russian Revolution.
Standard Understand the causes and consequences of the Russian Revolution, including Lenin's use of totalitarian means to seize and maintain control (e.g., the Gulag)

3. I. Unrest Deepens & WWI
Russia was under the rule of a “Tsar” aka a king
Marxists sought to unite proletariat
Working class
WWI increases nationalism
War losses damage morale
Rasputin seeks to help royal family
Tsar Nicholas II abdicates
Establishes provisional government

4. II. Rasputin Gregory Rasputin Siberian monk
Royal family looked to him for comfort, advice, cure for son
Disliked by most Russians, especially nobles

5. III. Lenin and the Bolsheviks
Lenin returns and leads revolution
Peasants and troops revolt against provisional government
Bolsheviks = Communists

6. IV. Russia Plunges into Civil War
Reds vs. Whites
Reds = Communists
Bolsheviks, proletariat, etc.
Whites = Loyalists
Military, nobles, allied nations, etc.
Reds ultimately win
Russia becomes Soviet Union

7. V. Building the Communist Soviet Union
Goals
Problems
Modernize Soviet Union
Rebuild Soviet economy
Spread communism
Factory & mine output fell
Peasants stopped producing grain because government took it all
Eventually had to adopt some capitalist policies

8. VI. Soviet Union Moving Forward
1924 – Lenin dies
Power struggle between Leon Trotsky & Joseph Stalin
Stalin wins, Trotsky murdered
Stalin turns to ruthless measures to win dictatorial power