Political Cartoon Russian Revolution Russian Revolution Aramis Torry

Political Cartoon: Russian Revolution

Russian Revolution Aramis Torry and Cindy Grande 912

Russia Becomes Industrialized: Czar Resists Change - • Autocratic rule continues Russia Becomes Industrialized - • Proletariat - the workers • Marxist revolutionaries formed “a dictatorship of the proletariat” • Bolsheviks - radical revolutionary group • V. I. Lenin - ruthless leader of the Bolsheviks

Problems Arise In Russia Russo-Japanese War - • Russia was defeated and had major loss Bloody Sunday: The Revolution of 1905 - • Violent protest against czar for better working conditions, more personal freedom and elected legislature World War I - • Russia was not prepared for war, had a major defeat, disrupted economy, and had the weakness of the czar revealed

The March Revolution • Violent protests against autocracy Czar Finally Steps Down - • Established a new provisional government • Russia made a fatal decision to continue to fighting in World War I • Soviets, which were a radical group of socialist revolutionaries were established Lenin Returns to Russia and leads a revolution with his Bolshevik supporters --

The Bolshevik Revolution The Provisional Government Topples - • By 1917, people in the cities were called ‘All power to the soviets’ • Lenin’s slogan were ‘peace, land, and bread • The arrested the leaders of the provisional government Bolshevik In Power- • Lenin and his workers that were called Bolsheviks took over the factories • He signed a truce with Germany to stop all the fighting • Treaty of Brest-Litovsk • They surrendered a larger part of its territory to Germany and its allies

Bolshevik In Power Civil War Rages in Russia- • Around 14 million Russians died in the three year struggle, and in the famine that followed • Fighting, hunger, and a worldwide flu made Russia in chaos • Red army crushed all opposition • The victory showed that Bolsheviks were able both to seize power and maintain it • White army supported the return to rule by czar • The groups barely cooperated with each other

Lenin Restores Order New Economic Policy- • War and revolution destroyed the Russian economy • He resorted to a small scale version of capitalism called New Economic Policy (NEP) • The government kept control of major industries, and banks, but it let some small factories, business, and farms under private ownership Political Reforms- • In 1922 the country was named the Union of Soviet Social Republics • Bolshevik renamed their party the Communist Party

Stalin Becomes Dictator Stalin Dies- • Lenin suffered a stroke in 1922 • During his early days as a Bolshevik, he changed his name to Stalin, which means “man of steel” in Russian • Lenin believed that Stalin was a dangerous man • By 1928, Stalin was in total command of the Communist Party