1. Bolshevik Revolution

2. Continued Revolution Feb 1917-Provisional government
Continued WWI Fighting
German return of Lenin
Peace & Bread
Social Revolution

3. Bolshevik Support Mild popularity of Bolsheviks Good organization
War worsening
Kornilov attempted takeover
Bolshevik/Red Guard defense
Increase of Bolshevik Support
Peace, Land, and Bread
Leon Trotsky control of St. Petersburg soviet
Soviets & Bolshevik control

4. Continued Bolshevik Takeover
NOW!
Oct 24-Bolshevik takeover
Relatively bloodless
New Socialist Order
Farmland Divided
End to war
Govt control
1917 Elections
End to National Assembly

6. Russian Civil War Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Formation of white armies
US/western support
Civil war
Huge casualties
Division of whites
Leadership of Trotsky
Bolshevik Victory
Issues after civil war

9. Restoring Order Continued unrest Kronstadt Revolt
Suppression of revolt
New Economic Policy (NEP)
Temporary compromise with capitalism
Creation of self-governing republics
Birth of USSR/Soviet Union
Communist Party

11. Struggle to Succeed Lenin
Lenin Death 1924
Trotsky v. Stalin
Trotsky positives
Enemies of Trotsky
Stalin
“Man of Steel”
Party Secretary
Key appointments
Lenin fear of Stalin
End of Trotsky
Stalin head 1929