RUSSIAN REVOLUTION 1917 1922 9 Causes of Russian

RUSSIAN REVOLUTION 1917 – 1922

9 Causes of Russian Revolution 1. 2. CZARIST RULE: autocratic rulers who have total power, very little rights for the people PEASANT UNREST: peasants were extremely poor and lacking proper nutrition, wanted more rights References Citation (MLA) The Russian Revolution. Classroom Media. 1998. Power. Media. Plus. com. 17 January 2008. <http: //www. powermediaplus. com>

3. PROBLEMS OF URBAN WORKERS: peasants working in factories worked long hours for low pay 4. DIVERSITY & NATIONALISM: ethnic minorities did not want cultures destroyed through Russification

5. BLOODY SUNDAY: Czar Nicholas II orders soldiers to fire on peaceful protestors and small revolts occur as a result References Citation (MLA) The Russian Revolution. Classroom Media. 1998. Power. Media. Plus. com. 17 January 2008. <http: //www. powermediaplus. com>

6. WORLD WAR I: Russian soldiers lacked adequate weapons/supplies and were losing the war The Russian Revolution. CLEARVUE & SVE (1989). Retrieved January 17, 2008, from Power. Media. Plus. com: http: //www. powermediaplus. com

7. MARCH REVOLUTION: workers began strikes and riots against the government forcing the czar to abdicate (give up ruling power) 8. FAILURE OF THE PROVISIONAL GOV’T: continues fighting in WWI and does not end the unrest among peasant workers, who demanded land The Russian Revolution. CLEARVUE & SVE (1989). Retrieved January 17, 2008, from Power. Media. Plus. com: http: //www. powermediaplus. com

9. BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION: Soviets (local councils of workers, peasants, soldiers) are set up in cities to take over gov’t & guide the revolution, came to power with the promise of “Peace, Bread, Land” The Russian Revolution. CLEARVUE & SVE (1989). Retrieved January 17, 2008, from Power. Media. Plus. com: http: //www. powermediaplus. com

RUSSIA UNDER LENIN • Lenin pulls Russia out of World War I by making a deal with Germany and giving them a large amount of land • Russian Civil War (1918 – 1921). Lenin’s Red Army led by Leon Trotsky battled against different rival groups. Lenin’s forces win in 1921 The Russian Revolution. CLEARVUE & SVE (1989). Retrieved January 17, 2008, from Power. Media. Plus. com: http: //www. powermediaplus. com

• Communist Party (classless society ruled by workers) ruled Russia and enforced its will through the military and secret police • New Economic Policy (NEP) Government controlled banks, large industry and foreign trade. • Russia renamed the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics The Russian Revolution. CLEARVUE & SVE (1989). Retrieved January 17, 2008, from Power. Media. Plus. com: http: //www. powermediaplus. com

U. S. S. R. UNDER STALIN • Totalitarianism: a government that has total power to completely control every part of the lives of its people. Soviet Union became a totalitarian state

• Stalin increases the size and power of the secret police. The Great Purge begins, movement which eliminates anyone who threatens Stalin’s power

• Executions, imprisonment or exile were punishments if found guilty in Stalin’s court. • Millions of people died as a result of Stalin’s punishments • Five – Year Plans: goal to increase output of steel, coal, oil & electricity at the expense of consumer goods, creating food, clothing & housing shortages.

• Collective Farms: large farms owned by the state and operated by peasants as a group. Many peasants resisted government attempts to seize land. • 5 to 10 million peasants died as a direct result of Stalin’s agricultural revolution