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-autocracy(one-man rule), orthodoxy(one religion), national homogeneity(one race)
-favored nobles more than the peasants
-anti-semite(someone who harbors a hatred of Jewish people)
-widely detested by his people -
-Everyone was unhappy with the way he ruled even including his own people(working class, his advisors, peasants etc.)
-ruled poorly during World War I as he had said to keep fighting even though his people didn’t want to
-made the Duma ineffective
-did not care for any hardships people faced when under his rule
-social and political unrest as his inability to lead -
-russia and japan fighting over some land of china
-japan won because they had more troops and naval forces
-the loss embarrassed the people of russia and blamed Nicholas
-loss was also another reason the Duma was set up -
-created by Nicholas after the loss of the Russo-Japanese war
-made ineffective by Nicholas and so the people questioned his ability to rule -
-Russians wanted to present Czar Nicholas with a list of grievances and to demand relief from their working and living conditions
-police opened fired and around 100 people were killed and 3,000 were injured and leaders of the protest were also arrested
-provided another reason for the russian people to revolt against the Czar
-Nicholas creates the Duma(becomes ineffective) -
-Czar Nicholas had kept fighting even though his people didn't want to
-Russians weren't industrialized enough and they didn't have enough supplies to continue -
-Russian people viewed Rasputin as a holy man
-Nobles didn’t want him ruling and they blamed Nicholas
-He was assassinated by nobles they didn’t want him influencing the government
-His influence in Russia is said to contribute to the collapse of Czar Nicholas II and the Russian Revolution -
-directly leads to the bolsheviks revolution
-Provisional Government was unpopular(didn't end russian involvement in WWI)
-lenin after the civil war took control of the government -
-uses the Cheka to kill threats
-after the attempt on Lenin's life the Cheka killed more and expands
-Red army led by Trotsky(Lenin's second in command) -
-Red army protects revolution for communism
-red army had smaller area and were in a defensive position with the industrialized areas
-White army against spread of communism
-white army had support from Europe but the troops didn't have good communication and poor supplies
-Red army wins -
-established after the civil war
-lenin and the communist party won the war and were in control -
-Lenin needed someone to take over for him because he knew he was close to death
- Lenin believed that Trotsky wasn't extreme enough
-competition between Trotsky and Stalin after his death
-Stalin won and was the Leader of the USSR -
-Stalin won the competition between him and Trotsky after Lenin died and got power of USSR
-rules Soviet Union as a Dictator -
-Stalin exiled Trotsky to Mexico after he gained power to get the threat of him away
-assassinated by Stalin's forces later