1. SWBAT
Identify, define, discuss key terms & people surrounding the Russian Revolution
Czar/Tsar Nicholas II
Rasputin
Bolsheviks
Bloody Sunday
Vladimir Lenin & his New Economic Policy
Lenin vs. Marx

2. Russian Revolution
Peace, Land, Bread

3. 3 Major causes of Bolshevik/Russian Revolution
Weakness of Czar Nicholas II
WWI: mismanagement & costly in both $ and lives
Sharp differences between social classes

4. The Czar’s Winter Palace in St. Petersburg
Bloody Sunday January 22, 1905
The Czar’s Winter Palace in St. Petersburg

5. Bloody Sunday January 22, 1905
Imperial Guard fired on demonstrators in St. Petersburg (wanted improved working conditions and fairer wages)
Blatant disregard for the common people
Raising food prices & low wages

6. Russia Humiliated in Russo- Japanese war September 1905

7. (emancipated serfs = ↑ in urban working class)
Russian Revolution 1917
Russia is in WWI on the same side as the allies
Russia is in the early stages of Industrialization. This causes Russia to suffer greatly in the war & the people in Russia are starving
(emancipated serfs = ↑ in urban working class)

8. Czar Nicholas=Absolute ruler (autocrat)
Czar Nicholas refuses to take Russia out of WWI. He wants to honor the alliances of WWI. But the Russian people want out of WWI.

9. Nicholas II: The Last Romanov Tsar [r. 1894-1917]

10. The Tsar & His Family

11. Alexandra: The Power Behind the Throne
Committed to tyranny
under the influence of Rasputin
Origins of Rasputin’s power – “mystic healer”
Scandals discredited the monarchy

12. Other Problems in Russia…
Food shortages 
Housing shortages
Fuel shortages
Little middle class, most are peasants
Many nationalities in Russia mistreated

13. THE TWO REVOLUTIONS OF 1917 The March Revolution (March 12)
The November Revolution (November 6)

14. March Revolution 1917
“Peace and Bread!”
“Down With The War!”

15. March 1917 the first revolution
Czar Nicholas has lost control of his army. A provisional or temporary government is set up run by Alexander Kerensky
The Czar and his family will all be executed
The provisional government is trying to set up a democracy. However this takes time. The provisional government makes the same mistake as Nicholas II, they fail to take Russia out of WWI. The suffering continues.

16. October/November 1917 the second revolution
The Bolshevik/Russian/Communist Revolution 
The Bolsheviks are Russian communists. They promise the Russian people "Peace, Bread, and Land" if they support the Bolsheviks coming to power. The Russians are lead by V. Lenin –Let’s take a closer look...
 In November 1917 the Bolsheviks overthrow the Provisional government to take Russia out of WWI.

17. Lenin—Bolshevik/Russian Revolution
Promises:
“Peace, Land, Bread”
“Worker Control of Production”
“All Power to the Soviets”
Soviets=council of workers’ & soldiers’ deputies

18. The Soviet Union
Russia becomes the Soviet Union. The worlds 1st communist country. The USSR (Union of Soviet  Socialist Republics)
This is really "Authoritarian Socialism" 
Lenin becomes the first dictator of the Soviet Union, this is a Totalitarian government

19. Bolshevik Revolution “We are on the threshold of a world proletarian revolution”
Lenin w/help of Leon Trotsky (Chairman of Petrograd soviet) seizes power on Nov. 6, 1917
Redistributes farmland to peasants
Control of factories given to workers
Withdrew from WWI
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (March 1918)
Russian Civil War

20. Lenin
Adapted ideas of Karl Marx (Communist Manifesto) to meet the needs of Russia
Marx:
Revolution would begin with the proletariat (workers)
Lenin:
Revolution would come from Bolshevik party elites

21. Reforms of Vladimir Lenin
New Economic Policy (NEP)
Lenin’s Plan for Russia’s economy
Creates limited capitalist reforms to stimulate economy
Some manufactures & farmers are allowed to own their own business and sell for a profit
Dies in 1924
Battle for succession between Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin