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Czar Alexander was a king who supported only the nobility and nothing for the working class. He oppressed Jews just like the Nazi's. Czar Alexander was a terrible leader for Russia and his principals was push onwards to Czar Nicholas. He was the man who made Russians see the truth about the Czar and revolt against them.
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Czar Nickolas was a very unpopular Czar and the main cause to the Russian revolution.
Nickolas was an absolute monarch and he only wanted to make
decisions for himself. Like his father
Because the people were so angry at him Nickolas created something called the Duma(constitutional monarchy) . Czar was terminated in Russia, reasons are like Bloody Sunday, Russo Japanese War, and the World War 1.
This will then lead to a communist revolution and inspire communism into Russia -
--> Both Russia and Japan wanted to annex Korea so they both had a few agreement/treaty about it but Russia kept on breaking them so War broke out.
--> Russia surprisingly lost and the people sparked revolts in the midst of war -
After bloody Sunday happened Nicholas promised more peace so he created the Duma(Russia's first parliament). It leaders wanted a constitutional monarch but Nicholas didn't want to share his power so in 10 weeks it was gone done with. This was a parliament established to make the people think that they were living in a democracy while they actually weren't -
Bloody Sunday was a peaceful protest for more right for the working class. About 200,000 protesters marched to Czar palace. However Czar ordered the guards to shoot at the crowd and about 1000 were killed. This is the 2nd most reason why Russians were forced to terminate Nicholas's throne. -
Because Russia was losing badly against the Germans lot of money and soldiers were lost. This enraged the people and they started losing trust in the Czar. First the loss of the Russo Japanese war and now World War 1. This was the last straw for the Russians which led to the Russians to act and attack the Czar.
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--> Rasputin was a peasant seen as a holy man in Russia for his healing powers
--> Nicholas invited him to the royal palace and Rasputin healed his son from a disease he had
--> When Nicholas was commanding the army in the warfront his wife was left in charge but Rasputin was actually in control of her
--> Nobiles tried to kill him because of his growing power. They fed him poison it didn't work then they shot him and last they drowned him ending his life. -
--> Due to Nickolas poor ruling of Russia the March revolution happened forcing Nicholas to abdicate the throne and be executed
--> This is a key event that led to the Bolshevik revolution led by Lenin which brought communism to Russia
--> They also created a provisional government(government for the time)and created soviets(councils of people in working class) -
--> After the Czar was defeated Lenin came back to Russia forcing communism into Russia with a police force called the Cheka who arrested people did agree with them.
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--> The Russian civil war was also part of the Bolshevik revo
--> In the Civil war it was a war between the Red Army(Bolsheviks) vs White army(anti Bolsheviks). The Red army won which led to Russia forever being a communist country
--> This led to a new leader to rise who was a big factor to creating the Cold war.. -
--> The Russian Civil War was between the Red army(Bolsheviks) and the White army(anti Bolsheviks)
--> The Red army won but it was really hard for them because they were also fighting the Natzi from the west.
--> The White army had the support of the other allies because the allies didn't support communism
--> The red army had all the resources which helped them win the Civil War and have a communist Russia. -
--> After The Civil War Russia was badly destroyed luckily by 1928 it was able to recover
--> Russian leaders saw nationalism as a treat and in order to prevent it they created self governed republics under the central government called the Soviet Union.
--> After that they then name their party to the Communist party.
--> After this Lenin will die and a dictator named Stalin will take over which lead Russia into another war. -
Lenin suffered a stroke but survived.After that incident a huge competition for who will be the next party leader was being held. It was Leon vs Stalin. Lenin's last hours he said that Stalin was a threat to Russia because he was too greedy for power. He didn't get what he wanted and eventually Stalin became the new dictator of the Soviet Union. -
Stalin was a dictator to Russia and Lenin saw him as a threat and did not want him in office. However, Stalin won and he put himself to be in the total power of the Communist party. Lenin was the one who created the Soviet Union and also the one to light the fume for the Cold war to happen.
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After Leon Trotsky lost the election to Stalin Leon was exiled out of the Soviet Union because both he and Stalin did not get along. He went to many places after he was exiled. However, he was assassinated in Mexico by a Spanish communist and some believe It was Stalin who planned the assassination. After Trotsky's death, Stalin erased everything representing or talking about him. Because of this Stalin had the confidence to wield absolute power in the Soviet Union.