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Alexander III became leader.
Censorship codes, private letters, and hated jews. everyone wanted change really bad but he didn't.
Revolution means change, but the leader did not want change. -
Number of factories doubled between 1863 and 1900.
Russia then became the fourth ranking producer of steel.
Producing a lot more steel helped changed because they modernize many things. -
200,000 workers and families went to Czars palace with a petition to change.
Soldiers were ordered to fire, they killed and wounded over 1,000 people.
The Czar promised freedom but then gave up on that about 10 weeks later. -
Nicholas II dragged Russia into war, but they were not even close to ready.
More than 4 million Russians died, Rasputin was put in a higher rank but was later murdered.
Russia wanted to change and not go into war, but instead lost 4 million lives. -
Russia surrendered.
Germany gained a lot of territory.
Change happened because Russia lost territory to Germany. -
Far more deadly than previous wars.
People wanted a democratic government.
Many wanted to change the way their government was. -
Lenin put aside his plan for a state-contolled economy.
Instead he put in a smaller version of capitalism.
He wanted to revolutionize the Russian Government. -
Stalin was in total control of the communist party.
Lenin suffered a stroke in 1922 and he passed away.
This change was not very good because now their government does not change and everyone wants it to.