Russian Revolution

By bballheart3

  • Alexander the Third

    Alexander the Thired passed his father Alexander the Second to the throne and haulted all reforms in Russia. He tagged anyone wo worshiped outside the Russian Orthodox Church or spoke a language other than Russian was tagged dangerous. Created the idea of a Proletariat. Otocracy- self rule

  • Sergey Viti

    Wanted to move the country forward and this connects tot the trans-siberian railway because Miti pushed for the railway and inprovement for the country so they could trade with the Europian people and create taxation.
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    Trans-Siberian Railway is built

  • Nicholas the Second became the czar (T6)

    Announced that the principal of autocracy(Darth Vador) should be maintained. Refused to surrender any power that was given to him. Very much like his father so that could have been the cause of his actions.

  • Karl Marx

    Believed in Communism- an economic system in which all means of production- land, mines, railroads, factories, and businesses- are owned by the people, private property does not exist, and all goods and services are shared equally. And Autocracy- a system of government by one person with absolute power.Censorship- the practice of officially examining books, movies, etc., and suppressing unacceptable parts. Industrialization- the development of industries for the machine production of goo

  • Karl Marx Beliefs

    Command economy- a system in which the government made all economic decisions. He used Propaganda- biased or incomplete information used to sway people to accept certain beliefs or actions.A pogrom is a violent riot aimed at massacre or persecution of an ethnic or religious group, particularly one aimed at Jews.

  • Karl Marx

    19th century German philosopher argued that the workers of the world would one day overthrow the ruling class and share equally in society's wealth. Created marxism which consisted of Communist Party- a final stage of society in Marxist theory in which the state has withered away and economic goods are distributed equitably. He believed in Totalitarianism- government that takes total, centralized state control over every aspect of public and private life.

  • Karl Marx Beliefs (continued)

    Police state- A totalitarian state controlled by a political police force that secretly supervises the citizens’ activities.

  • The Bolseviks and Lenin

    Russian Marxists split into two groups over revolutionary tactics. The Mensheviks wanted a broad base of popular support for the revolution. The Bolseviks supported a small number of committed revolutionaries willing to sacrifice everything for radical change. The major leader of the Bolsheviks was Vladimir Ilyick Ulyanov had the adopted name of Lenin. Both helped to create the soviets. Indoctrination- It is the teachings for someone to accept doctrines uncritically.

  • Bloody Sunday

    Bloody Sunday- Massacre in St. Petersburg, Russia, of peaceful demonstrators marking the beginning of the violent phase of the Russian Revolution. People wanted better workin conditions, a raise and a better parlament,. Police killed over 3,000 people because the czar was supposively in his palace at the time of the riot. When really the czar wasn't in is palance and after the autopsy was conducted it was found that most of the people had been shot in the back (IT WAS MURDER!)

  • Dumament

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    WWI

    Global war centered in Europe that began in July 1914 and lasted until November 1918. Russia lost a lot of soldiers which blew them back millions in the economy. Which they then blamed on Nicholas the second.

  • Bolshevik Revolution

    Lenin tackled the faults in a czarist rule. Lenin was the leader of the bolsheviks.

  • Vladimir Lenin

    Russian communist revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He served as the leader of the Russian SFSR from 1917 till his death. He created the New Economic Policy (NEP)- An economic policy proposed by Vladimir Lenin, who called it state capitalism. First leader of the army wasLeon Trotsky- A russian marxist revolutionary, and theorist, soviet politician, and the founder and first leader of the army.

  • Russia Gives Women Equal Rights

    Women didn't have that many rights to start off with but as time went on they gained more and more rights.

  • Bolshevik Red Gaurds

    Bolshevik Red Gaurds made up of armed factory workers stormed the Winter Palace in Petrograd. They fought against the White Army- An army of people that opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War.

  • Romanoffs Killed Off

    This happened because of the Bloody Sunday massacure because the czar did not stop his gaurds from killing people.

  • Russia and Germany Sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

    Russia surrendered a large chunck of its territory to Germany and its allies. Contributed to the idea of socialist realism as well. Caused individuals to create Five year Plans (T6) for military forces and countries as wholes as well.

  • Government Seizes Farms in the USSR (T5, T1)

    The government began to seize over 25 million privately owned farms in te USSR and combined them into large, government-owned farms, called collective farms.
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    The Great Purge (T3, T6)

    A campaign of political repression in the Soviet Union orchestrated by Joseph Stalin from 1934 to 1939.

  • Joseph Stalin (T4)

    Leader of the soviet union until his death in 1953. Could send you to jail if he wanted to, he would exicute you and/or erase you from the public record. Monitured everything and would change things if need be