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Bourgieosie, Proletariat, Class conflict According to Marx, society is divided by the Bourgieosie, the rich class, and the Proletariat, the working class. -
Khodynka Tragedy The Tsar was an incompetent leader. He was described as "Unprepared for his role" -
Many Russians felt humiliation towards their country because of the loss. -
Clergy
St. Petersburg/Petrograd The Russians were protesting to reach out to Tsar Nicholas ll demanding better working conditions. They were protesting in Selma, Alabama. British Soldiers sot and killed 13 unarmed protesters. Its called bloody Sunday because lots of people were killed or injured on a Sunday. -
Rasputin was a Russian mystic and faith healer. The Tsarina was Alexandra Feodorovna. Rasputin influenced the Tsarina by gaining her trust by treating her sick son. Rasputin was assassinated in 1916. -
Bolsheviks, Mensheviks, Provisional government, Soviet The goals of the Revolution were to overthrow the Provisional Government, to transfer power to the workers, and to end Russia's involvement in WW1 -
a Russian revolutionary politician and political theorist. He promised everyone peace, land, and bread. He did eventually keep his promise. -
Abdicate the revolution was sparked because of food shortages and economic hardship. On international womens day, the women all protested for bread, peace, lower prices, and no monarchy. The Czar decided to order the military to stop it, but they ended up joining them. -
Russia gave up lots of land including Poland, Ukraine, Finland, etc. Russia signed the treaty because of their weakness in military. -
War Communism centralize control of the economy and supply the red army -
Checka The leaders were Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, and Felix Dzerhinsky. Normal people during the Red Terrror got executed, arrested, taken as hostages, tortured and starved. -
Red Army, White Army The war broke out due to deep political divisions from Bolsheviks power in 1917 -
Stalin was a soviet politician who led the soviet union in 1924 -
Lenin changed communism by starting a small party to lead the revolution. He changed different aspects of Karl Marx's theories to fit Russia's needs. -
most of the leaders are controversial. They can be bad but also want the nest for their country. I believe the Russians were better after the revolution. They had better jobs, opportunities, etc. However, it wasn't always the best after the revolution. Because of the war, Russia had 70 years of communism. The revolution taught us about how much communism can affect the impact on the revolution.