russian 1905-1939

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  • kula ks had been eliminated and the peasants were afraid of Communist power
    1937 BCE

    kula ks had been eliminated and the peasants were afraid of Communist power

  • Stalin turned the Soviet Union into a personal dict atorship
    1937 BCE

    Stalin turned the Soviet Union into a personal dict atorship

    the communist ideal was
    still alive but filtered by his powerful personalit
    y. He ruled over the USSR using three tools
  • Stalin began collectivising all farms (kolkhos)
    1929 BCE

    Stalin began collectivising all farms (kolkhos)

    Another
    type of collectivisation were the state farms (sovk
    hos): owned completely by the state,
    peasants worked as labourers, so they received wage
    s even if the farm did badl
  • the economy recovered to the level of 1914
    1928 BCE

    the economy recovered to the level of 1914

  • new constitution established the USSR (Un ion of Soviet Socialist Republics).
    1924 BCE

    new constitution established the USSR (Un ion of Soviet Socialist Republics).

    Each
    republic had a government but they all had to be co
    mmunist, and the system was run
    centrally by the Politburo (senior council)
  • Lenin died
    1924 BCE

    Lenin died

  • 12 Hoodinsky . Russian Civil War ( CC BY ) The Bolsheviks finally won the Civil War
    1921 BCE

    12 Hoodinsky . Russian Civil War ( CC BY ) The Bolsheviks finally won the Civil War

    The Bolsheviks expected communist revolutions to br
    eak out all over Europe but, except for a
    small one in Germany, they did not
  • Russia was divided into two factions:
    1918 BCE

    Russia was divided into two factions:

    White Russians:. The counterrevolutionary elements,
    The Red Army. At the beginning of the civil war Len
    in asked Leon Trotsky, a young
    Bolshevik leader, to create a new army from the Red
    Guards, an army of workers.
  • Russia suffered as a result of the impacts of the First Wo rld War.
    1917 BCE

    Russia suffered as a result of the impacts of the First Wo rld War.

    ore than 1.5 million soldiers had
    died by the end of 1917.
  • Riots broke out in Petrogra
    1917 BCE

    Riots broke out in Petrogra

    Tsar lost support and control: his soldiers
    refused to fire on the mobs or deserted to join the
    rioting workers
  • A revolution took place.
    1917 BCE

    A revolution took place.

    The Bolsheviks, led by Len
    in, attacked the winter Palace in St.
    Petersburg and seized power
  • the Tsar himself took control of the army
    1916 BCE

    the Tsar himself took control of the army

  • the Russian Empire joined World War I
    1914 BCE

    the Russian Empire joined World War I

  • Russia ́s defeat in a war with Japan provoked rebellion
    1905 BCE

    Russia ́s defeat in a war with Japan provoked rebellion