1. Agenda 1-28 DO NOT ASK ABOUT GRADES! They will be shared Weds. BW – Define vocab on notes sheet 4-1 CW – Notes on Russian Revolution(s) CW2 – Critical thinking question HW – Write a 1 paragraph reflective essay about your performance so far this year. This is 1 st TEST GRADE MP4 QOTD – “Believe you can and you're halfway there.” - Theodore Roosevelt

2. What caused the Russian Revolution? Notes #4-1

3. Russia Under the Czars In 1881, Alexander III becomes czar, ends reforms Russian peasants lived in poverty, while Czar’s family, nobles, lived well.

5. Czars Continue Autocratic Rule From 1894 to 1917 Czar Nicholas II was ruler of Russia. He was a poor leader, who refused to modernize Russia. Institutes autocratic rule, suppressing all opposition, dissent secret police monitor schools Non-Russians (Jews) are treated harshly

6. Czar Nicholas II

7. Rapid Industrialization…kind of Number of factories in the world doubles between 1863 and 1900; Russia still lags Poor Industrialization breeds discontent over working conditions, wages

8. Russo-Japanese War Russia loses to Japan! (OMG) Groups begin challenging the czar.

9. Bloody Sunday: Revolution 1905 In 1905, 200,000 workers march on czar’s palace to demand reforms, Army fires into the crowd, killing many Anger over Massacre forces Nicholas forced to make reforms The Duma, Russia’s 1st parliament, meets in 1906 Czar dissolves Duma after only 10 weeks

10. Bloody Sunday (1905)

11. World War I: The Final Blow Heavy losses in World War I reveal government’s weakness Army losing effectiveness; food and fuel shortages. people hungry and unhappy

12. The Revolutionary Movement Grows Popularity of Marxist idea that the proletariat (workers) will rule Bolsheviks—Marxists who favor revolution by a small committed group

13. Russian Revolution of 1917 March, 1917 - Army and peasants revolt and force the czar to step down.

14. Russian Revolution of 1917 cont’d Duma establishes provisional, or temporary, government November 1917, Provisional Gov’t Topples, workers take control of the government

15. Bolsheviks The Bolsheviks won support by promising “Peace, Bread, and Land”, Vladimir Lenin Communist Party flag (which Bolsheviks later become) 

16. Took control of Russia over the next 4 years