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The czar of Russsia, Alexander II, was assassinated by angry revolutionists. His son Alex III succeeded him and became the new czar of Russia.
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He became czar and and continued Russian autocracy.
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Russian marxists split into two groups. The Mensheviks wanted broad popular support for the revolution. The Bolsheviks wanted to sacrifice everything for change. The Bolshevik leader was Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov.
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20,000 workers went to the czar's palacein St. Petersberg to give him a petitions signed for better working conditions. The czar, Nicholas II, told soldiers to fire at them. More than a thousand were wounded or killed.
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Nicholas II promised more freedom and authorised a Duma. This Duma was Russia's first parliment.
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The meeting consisted of leaders who who wanted Russia to become a constitutional monarchy ike Britain. But he was hesitant and didn't want to share his power, he dissolved the Duma after ten weeks.
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Nicholas decided to involve Russia in WWI. Russia was unprepared and weak against German armies.
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Rasputin was mkaing key political decisions then nobles murdered him because of their fear of his increasgin roles in government affairs. Russian soldiers mutinied and ignored orders.
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There was a strike held by women textile workers that caused riots. First soldiers shot them but eventually sided with them. Czar Nicholas II stepped down from the throne.
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Winter Palace in Petrograd invaded by Bolshevik Red Guards (factory workers) that took over government offices and arrested the leaders of the provisional government.
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Russia surrendered some territory to Germany. The treaty was humiliating and it made lots of Russians angry. They objected to the Bolsheviks and their policies and to the murder of the royal family.
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1918-1920
Several Western nations, including the United States, sent military aid and forces to Russia to help the White Army. However, they were of little help. -
let peasants sell extra crops instead of turning them over to the government.The government kept control of major industries, banks, and means of communication, but it let some small factories, businesses, and farms operate under private ownership. The government also encouraged foreign investment.
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Lenine suffers a stroke and then Stalin takes over. Stalin was cold, hard, and impersonal. During his early days as a Bolshevik, he changed his name to Stalin, which means “man of steel” in Russian.
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total command of the Communist Party
