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Map of the Russian Empire
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Major Players in Russian Revolution
Write the names of the following in your notebooks; after each name write the role that they played in the Russian Revolution. Czar Alexander III
Vladimir Lenin
Czar Nicholas II
Factory Workers
Czarina Alexandra
Grigori Rasputin
White (Mensheviks) Army
Women Textile Workers
Romanov Children
Alexander Kerensky
Red (Bolsheviks) Army
Leon Trotsky
Joseph Stalin Link:
Revolution in 360 -
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The Russian Revolution
Students will understand the sequence of events and the major players in the Russian Revolution. -
Czar Alexander III
Czar demands absolute authority --- Strict censorship and secret police ---- Political prisoners sent to Siberia --- Everyone must speak Russian -
Russia Industrializes
Czar promotes heavy industry, high taxes, and foreign investment -Steel production increases, but still behind Europe -
Czar Nicholas II
Czar continues absolute power --- Resists any changes --- Marries Czarina Alexandra (German/English descent) -
Industrialization Causes Problems
Grueling working conditions, low wages, child labor --- Trade unions are outlawed --- Many strikes occur -
Revolutionary Groups Grow
Marxists revolutionaries push for change --- Communists Bolsheviks disagree with moderate Mensheviks -
Japan Attacks Russia
Russia breaks agreements over Korea and Manchuria --- Japan attacks the Russian Port Arthur --- Russian losses spark unrest at home -
Vladimir Lenin
Leader of Bolsheviks/Communists --- Excellent speaker and organizer --- Danger to the Czar --- Flees to Europe for safety -
The Revolution Begins: Bloody Sunday
Workers protest for better working conditions, personal freedom, and elections --- 200,000 workers march on Czar's winter palace in St. Petersburg --- The Czar's troops put down the uprising --- thousands are injured; hundreds are killed
Bloody Sunday -
Russia's First Parliament: Duma
Leaders push for a constitutional monarchy --- Czar disagrees --- Duma is dissolved -
The War is On
Nicholas II enters World War I --- Russia is unprepared --- Soldiers suffer defeat -
Czar Nicholas Heads to the Front
Czar tries to rally the troops --- Czarina is left to run the government -
The Mad Monk
Rasputin befriends the Czarina --- promises to heal her ailing son --- Many fear the "Mad Monk" and his influence --- plot to kill him -
The March Revolution
Women textile workers lead a citywide strike --- Riots over shortages of bread and fuel --- The Czar's troops refuse to fire on the people --- Czar loses control --- Forced to step down --- The end of the Romanovs -
Provisional Government
Alexander Kerensky takes over --- WWI continues --- People push for higher wages, better working conditions --- soldiers tired of fighting --- Local councils, Soviets, are set up -
Lenin returns: "Peace, Land, and Bread!"
Lenin returns --- Armed factory workers storm the winter palace ---the Bolshevik Red Guards take power -
The War Comes to an End
Russia and Germany sign the treaty of Brest-Litovsk --- Russia loses land --- Opposition to the Bolsheviks forms -
The End of the Romanovs
The Bolsheviks seek to destroy the Czar --- The family is held under house arrest --- The family is executed
Romanov's Death -
Civil War Breaks Out
War rages between the Reds and the Whites --- Leon Trotsky leads the Reds to victory --- Millions die from the war, famine and disease -
Lenin Restores Order
Communists take control --- Lenin creates a small-scale version of capitalism called the New Economic Policy (NEP) --- Russia starts to rebuild -
Lenin Suffers a Stroke
Lenin survives --- struggle for power begins between Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin --- Stalin maneuvers himself into power -
The U.S.S.R.
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is born honoring Soviet councils that helped launch the Bolshevik Revolution -
Man of Steel
Lenin dies --- Stalin takes control --- Trotsky is forced into exile ---Stalin becomes Communist Totalitarian Dictator -
What are they saying?
Twitter started in March 2006; let's imagine that the people of the Russian Revolution had access to "tweets." What would they be tweeting about? Fill in the twitter form to show your knowledge of the Revolution. Use the # and @ symbols and illustrate the template. Option A: Tweet as a person from our timeline (you can also tweet as a member of a group)
Option B: Tweet a conversation between two or more people from the list.
Option C: Tweet as five different people from the list.
