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Marxists Revolutionaries Split
Marxists revolutionaries disagree over revolutionary tatics. The more redical Bolsheviks are ready to risk everything. The charismatic Valdimir Lenin becomes the leader. -
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The Revolution of Russia
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Agreements of Total Control
Russia broke the series of agreements that Russia and Japan had competed for control over Korea and Manchuria. This than led to a midst of a revolt in the midst of a war. -
Petition of Death
200,000 workers had a petition asking for more personal freedom and better working conditions. Bloody Sunday a large amount of strikes and violence then went through out the country of St. Pertersburge. Nicholas II's generals ordered soldiers to fire at the crowd of men. More than 1000 were wounded and a couple of thousand killened hence "Bloody Sunday". -
The First Duma
The first duma (parliament) met. The monarchs wanted Russia to become a monarchy simular to Britain. Since Nicholas was hesitant to share his power, the czar dissolved the duma after 10 weeks. -
The Mass Russian Murder
Nicholas made the decision to bring Russia into World War I. Russia was not prepared economically or prepared with theri troops for the German army. German machine guns took down 1000 Russians. Within a year, more than 4 million Russian soldiers had been killed, wounded, or taken prisoner. -
The Petrograd Strike
Women texile workers in Petrograd led a city wide strike. Riots broke out up streets and they shouted "Down with the autocracy" and "Down with the war!" Soldiers orderes were to shoot the rioters but later they sided with them. -
The Take Over
With out any warning, armed factory workers stormed the Winter Palace in Petrograd. They called themselves th eBolshevik Red Guards. They took over government offices and then arrested the leaders of the provisional government. -
The Treaty That Caused Humiliation
Russia and Germany signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Trussia gave up a large part of its territory to Germany and its allies. The humiliating terms of the treaty made people very angry among the Russians. They objescted the Bolsheviks and their policies and wanted to murder the royal family. -
Very Little Help
Civil war raged in Russia. A couple of western nations, including the United States, sent military aid and forces to Russia. But even with the military aid and forces to help them out was little help for the Russians. -
The Improved Policy By Lenin
Lenin temporarily put aside his plan for a state-controlled economy. But instead of doing that, he resorted toa small-scale version of capitalism called the New Economic Policy. The reforms allowed peasants to sell their surplus corps instead of turning them to the government. -
Powerful Dictator
Lenin had a stroke and he did survive but that incident set a competition for heading up the Communist Party. 2 of the most notable men were Lenin and Stalin. Stalin was a cold, hard, and an impersonal person. His name means "man of steel" in Russian. Lenin died in 1924 and than Stalin had absolut power as a dictator.
