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March 1917 Revolution
Key Players: Tsar Nicholas II, the peasants
-peasants went on strike, marched towards the Winter Palace
-army turned on the Tsar
-Provisional Government was established
-Tsar abdicates -
Provisional Government
Key players: Lvov, Kerensky
-government in Russia from March-November, 1917
-took over power from Tsar Nicholas II -
April Thesis
Key players: Lenin
-Lenin arrives back and issues his April Theses in the newspaper Pravda
-influenced the July Days and October Revolution -
Kornilov Affair
Key players: Kornilov, Kerensky
-alleged attempted coup by Kornilov of the Provisional Government
-Bolsheviks gained support by helping Kerensky -
Bolshevik Revolution
Key players: Bolsheviks, Lenin, Provisional Government
-Bolsheviks take over Provisional Government
-had support of the Soviets
-better planned and more organized then the March Revolution -
New Government
Key players: Lenin, Bolsheviks
-overthrew the Provisional Government
-commmunists -
Civil War
1918-1922
Key players: Red Army(Trotsky), White Army
-between the Reds(communists) and the Whites(everyone else)
-Reds won because they were more organized
-communism in Russia
-Lenin held power -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Key players: Russia, Germany
-peace treaty that got Russia out of World War
-Russia gave up lots of land and resources to Germany -
War Communism
Key players: Lenin
-system with the aim of keeping the Red Army supplied with weapons and food
-compounded the poverty and starvation of the peasants -
New Economic Policy
Key players: Lenin
-economic policy which privatized certain things
-came after War Communism
-production increased, recovered from wartime economy -
Treaty of Rapallo
Key players: Russia, Germany
-renounced all territorial and financial claims against each other
-enabled German army to produce weapons in USSR -
Five Year Plans 1928, 1933 and 1934
Key players: Stalin
-series of centralized economic policies
-based around rapid industrialization
-came after the New Economic Policy
-13 total plans until 1990's -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Key players: US, France, UK, Italy, many others
-denounced war as a way to solve problems
-was a good idea, unrealistic though -
The Purges
1934-1941
Key players:Stalin
-Stalin arrested and executed people who opposed or threatened him
-approximately 8-10 million dead -
Russia joins League of Nations
Key players: Russia, League of Nations
-by 1934, Russia had a relatively stable society
-hadn't had a war in many years
-was more involved in European and World affairs again -
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Key players: Stalin, Hitler
-pact that stated both countries would remain neutral if either became involved in a war
-Hitler eventually invaded Russia, but it gave Russia extra time to prepare
