Do Now The Russian Revolution In 1917 Russia
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The Russian Revolution
� � In 1917 Russia goes through a change of government Why? ? ?
Causes of Revolution Weak leader � 1905 Bloody Sunday � World War I � Vladimir Lenin �
Russian Empire � Russia had been an empire for hundreds of years �Leaders were known as Tsars • They had absolute power � Tsar Nicholas II was the last leader
Bad Leader
1905 Bloody Sunday � 1905: Working class begin to strike all over Russia � Protesters in Petrograd were killed by army. BLOODY SUNDAY
Bloody Sunday (1905)
Russo-Japanese War (1905)
Russo-Japanese War (1905)
World War I � Nicholas II commands the Russian army. �Gets his butt kicked in WWI. � Massive number of lives lost. � People lose faith in Tsar Nicholas II
Vladimir Lenin �He is a revolutionary leader �Believes � in Karl Marx’s ideas Wants to overthrow the Tsar & turn Russia into a communist country.
Russian Revolution (1917) � Bolveshiks: • Supporters of Lenin. • Bolveshiks capture the Tsar and his family (1917) � Russia is Communist; Lenin is the leader!!!
The End of Lenin �Lenin dies in 1924 �Two possible people can lead Soviet Russia: Joseph Stalin Leon Trotsky BUT the two have different views on how to rule the Soviet Union n
STALIN COMES TO POWER � 1922 Becomes secretary of Communist Party �Gets �He to appoint those loyal to him has Trotsky exiled and killed �Takes complete power by 1929
Stalin’s Problem/Solution 1) Problem: Russia still mainly agricultural; Stalin wants to industrialize � Solution: Stalin sets up a “Planned Economy” � STALIN DECIDES how much food and goods are produced (QUOTAS)
Collectivization Small farms are combined into plantations run by Stalin
FIVE YEAR PLANS �Goal: Workers will work extremely hard to industrialize Russia �Idea: people suffer NOW for a better TOMORROW
The Social Cost �Exploitation of Workers �Wages �Urban go down crowding goes up
How is Stalin going to deal with those that oppose his ideas?
Stalin’s Great Terror… �Creates “secret police” (NKVD); � NKVD is going to “purge” the Soviet Union of all dissenters
What makes you a dissident? �peasants who resisted collectivization �factory workers who did not work hard enough �managers who did not meet quotas �Communist party members who were considered too passive.
THE GULAG �Labor camps that existed all around Soviet Russia from 1930 to 1955 � Stalin sends: • People he thought were a threat • People that disagreed with his views � People here are worked to death!
CULT OF PERSONALITY Stalin used propaganda to create a heroic and fatherly image of himself In schools, kids were taught that Stalin was a great leader (Indoctrinated)
CULT OF PERSONALITY
CULT OF PERSONALITY
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