Political Cartoon: Russian Revolution

Aramis Torry and Cindy Grande 912 Russian Revolution Aramis Torry and Cindy Grande 912

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

Problems Arise In Russia Russo-Japanese War -- Russia was defeated and had major loss Bloody Sunday: The Revolution of 1905 -- 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

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 --

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

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

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

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