2. Ohio Learning Standard #15
The consequences of World War I and the worldwide depression set the stage for the Russian Revolution …

3. Stage was set years earlier by …

6. The Russian Revolution
Vladimir Lenin

7. How’d it get started in Russia?
March 1917, workers in Petrograd, modern day St Petersburg, began to protest in the streets
Protesting the war, poor economy, & lack of food
Primarily comprised of low class factory workers

8. According to workers … the head of the Govt – Czar was at fault
Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov OR
Czar Nicholas II

9. … another source of discontent in Russia
- With the Russian people, but also with the upper class leaders in the Duma (Parliament)

10. Uprisings Two major riots Russia would soon be consumed by civil war
February Revolution & October Revolution
Russia would soon be consumed by civil war

11. February Revolution Focused around workers’ uprising in Petrograd
- Army leadership had no way of controlling the uprising (garrison soldiers joined rioting)
Call for removal of Nicholas Il as Russian Czar - eventually, to avoid complete overthrow, Nicholas abdicated the throne
Formation of Russian Provisional Government
- establishment of Parliament (Duma)
- Menshevik leader Korensky installed as Prime Min

12. October Revolution
Commonly referred to as the Bolshevik Revolution, was a seizure of state power from the Provisional Govt
Wages of workers had fallen by 50%+ and national debt had risen to 50 billion rubles - 11 billion owed to foreign governments … Russia faced threat of financial bankruptcy

13. Bolsheviks
Bolsheviks (Communists led by Lenin & Trotsky) used Petrograd Soviet (union headquarters) to organize armed forces (Red Guards) to take over Gov buildings & the Winter Palace (home of Romanovs)
City to city throughout Russia using self-proclaimed Red Army (often soldiers awol from WWI)

14. It’s Bolshevism!

15. Establishment of a Soviet Union
Local S_________ (Bolshevik dominated) took power to establish Russian Socialist Soviet Republics – later to be identified as USSR
World's first C_____________ state

17. Communism
What is it?

19. Soviet Union - non-B___________ from membership in Soviets
Gov in form of single-party state (Communist) barring
- non-B___________ from membership in Soviets
Parliament replaced with Politburo (in M________)
Establishment of Dictatorship of the P_____________
- President (Lenin) & Politburo remained in power … without the use of Elections!

20. Joseph Stalin
Came to power in Russia - following L______'s death & brief power struggle with Trotsky
Repression of Bolsheviks & M________ purists
Accused opponents of betraying Lenin & ideals of October Revolution

21. Stalinism
* C______________ - system of labor-intensive camps … Agriculture & Mining
Centrally planned Economy = rapid I______________ … based upon a series of 5-year Plans

22. Communism under Stalin
State control of all Businesses
All goods are Socially owned
Everyone is Employee of State
Collectivization & Industrialization

26. Collectivization

30. White Sea Canal Project

31. Militarism

33. The Great Purge

35. Camps/Factories

37. Siberian Winter Camp

39. Fear of Communism spreading