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Industrialization and Problems it Caused Russia
Industrialization in Russia changed the face of its economy. In 1863 through the 1900's, the numbers of factories had more than doubled but Russia had still been behind the industrial nations of Western Europe. In order to inciate the build up of Russia's economy the government sought foreign investers, and raise taxes. This positivly affected the steel industry by putting Russia at the world's fourth ranked producer of steel. -
Czar Nicholas Begins to Rule
Czar had took control of Russia and had abolished all forms of reform in Russia. During his reign Czar had strictly monitored the public to avoid facing problems. This meant Czar censored public documents, and controlled the educational system to prevent unwanted ideas from spreading. -
Development of Revolutionary Groups
The growth of factories spurred discontent amongst the people of Russia such as grueling work conditions, miserably low wages, and child labor. Due to these factors, several revolutionary movements grew and completed for power. Some of the groups had followed the views of Karl Marx which had workers believe that they were able to overthrow the czar. This meant the workers would rule the country. -
Bloody Sunday
On January 22, 1905 nearly 200,000 workers and their families had marched to Czar's Winter Palace in St. Petersburg and demanded for better working conditions, more personal freedom, and an elected national legislature. This is where Czar ordered soldiers to fire on the crowd of workers. More than 1,000 were found wounded and hundreds were killed. -
World War I
Czar had dragged Russia into WWI while completely unprepared. Russia's army had weak generals and their poorly equipped soldiers were no match for the German army. A year had passed and more than 4 million Russian troops had been killed, wounded or taken prisoner. -
The March Revolution
Nearly 200,000 workers had protested and shouted "Down with autocracy!" and "Down with war!" Then soldiers were ordered to open fire on the rioters but later sided with them. -
Czar Steps Down
After the March Revolution it forced Czar Nicholas II to abdicate his throne. Then, a year later revolutionaries had killed Czar and his family. The March Revolution brought down Czar but did not leave a strong government. The Leades of Duma established a provisional government which was a temporary government for Russia. -
The Bolshevik Revolution
Soon after the Bolsheviks had gained power Lenin ordered that all farmland be distributed among the peasants. Then Lenin and the Bolsheviks had given control of factories to the workers. This had led to the peace between Russia and Germany. -
Lenin In Power
When Lenin came to power he had worked to revive the economy and restructuring the government. Lenin had restored a small-scale version of capitalism called the New Economic Policy. This allowed peasants to sell their surplus crops instead of turning them over to the government. -
Stalin As a Dictator
Stalin had been a cold, hard, impersonal person during his rule. Stalin which means "man of steel" in Russian fit him well. Joseph was a secretary of the Communist Party and worked "behind the scenes" to get his work as a dictator done. Stalin had an enormous amount of power and no one thought he could handle it.
