1. Compare & Contrast the Russian & French Revolutions
WHAP - Mr. Duez - CH 22 - World Communism

2. Compare & Contrast Russian & French Revolution - in comparison:
• Both revolutions ousted old ruling classes and dispossessed landed aristocracies.
• Both involved vast peasant upheavals in the countryside and an educated leadership with roots in the cities.
• Both found their vision of the good society in a modernizing future, not in an idealized past.

3. Compare & Contrast Russian & French Revolution - in contrast:
• The two movements were inspired by different political ideologies.
• The Russian Revolution was influenced by the Industrial Revolution and was committed to an industrial future.
• The Russian Revolution pursued both economic and political equality.
• The Russian Revolution sought the abolition of private property.
• The middle classes, who were the chief beneficiaries of the French Revolution, numbered among the many victims of the Russian Revolution.
• The radicals in Russia held power for far longer than the radicals in France.