Russian Revoulution

By TBates
  • Karl Marx and Fredrich Engels write the Communist Manifesto

    Karl Marx and Fredrich Engels write the Communist Manifesto

    The Communist manifesto was published in 1848 and was to have the government claim property and have heavy taxation.
    1 bourgeoisie, proletariat
    2 It was to overthrow capitalism and to start a claseless communist society.
    Bourgieosie-The capitalist class who own most of society's wealth and means of production
    Proletariat- workers or working-class people, regarded collectively
    Class conflict-The more powerful groups tend to use their power to maintain their status and exploit less powerful groups
  • Tsar Nicholas inherits the throne

    Tsar Nicholas inherits the throne

    The event is when tsar Nicholas was inducted into the throne and was not built for tsar
    2. Tsar Nicholas was a unprepared leader and was very ineffective for his country.
    1. Tsar Nicholas was not a prepared leader for the challenges he would face with Russia.
    Khodynka Tragedy- a crowd crush that occurred on May 30, 1896, during the coronation festivities
  • Bloody Sunday Protests

    Bloody Sunday Protests

    When a massacre happened on peaceful protesters shot by imperial guards in st. petersburg.
    1. They were protesting for better living conditions from tsar Nicholas.
    2.St. petersburg
    3. They were shot and killed by imperial guards
    4. Because it was a massacre of people.
    Clergy- the body of all people ordained for religious duties, especially in the Christian Church
    St. Petersburg- A major city in Russia.
  • Russian loss in Russo-Japanese War

    Russian loss in Russo-Japanese War

    Russia lost to a small Japanese military in war due to a poorly commaded military.
    1. They reacted by complete humiliation and discomfort.
  • Rasputin Killed

    Rasputin Killed

    The event is when Rasputin was killed because of people not liking him making most government decisions.
    1. He was a man who had gained influence over time from the russian royal family.
    2. She was the wife of the tsar
    3.He influenced Tsarnia by claiming he had abilities to heal her son.
    4. He was assasinated and poisoned many times.
  • March (February) Revolution

    March (February) Revolution

    It was a revolution for a protest led by women on national womens day for the prices of bread and goods.
    1. The low prices of food
    2. They helped by being nurses and other workers
    3. He abdicated his thronw after the miltary joined
    Abdicate- to renounce ones throne
  • October Revolution

    October Revolution

    The ocotber was a revolution was revolution to establish a socialist state that was ran by soviets.
    1. To overthrow Russian Provisional government and to get rid Russias involvement in World War 1
  • Vladimir Lenin arrives in Russia

    Vladimir Lenin arrives in Russia

    When he arrived back in russia from exile we was hoped and praised to restabilize russia.
    1. He was a politician for russia and a political theorist.
    2. He was in the Boleshievk party and played a big part in the russian revolution and by siezing the ocotober revolution leading them to try to win the civil war.
    3. He promised "Peace, Land, Bread". He did not keep his promise.
  • Russia signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

    Russia signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

    It was the treaty that the central powers all signed to exit the ongoing World War 1.
    1. They lost a lot of terriotry that could have been apart of Russia.
    2. Because they wanted to stop World War 1 and exit the war.
  • New Economic Policy

    New Economic Policy

    Vladimir Lenin changed the way of Communism and how most of russia was ran.
    1. He changed Communism by devolping a new theory called Vanguard
    2. It implemented new ways to maintain and gain power
  • War Communism

    War Communism

    Was established by the Bolsheviks to source resources.
    War Communism- A system to help better resources.
    1. Was to control and help the red army.
  • Russian Civil War

    Russian Civil War

    A civil war within Russia that was caused by the October Revolution.
    1. It happened because Tension between the Bolsheviks and another Russian group.
    2. To defeat the white army and any other anti Bolsheviks.
    3. Wanted to defeat the red Army and overthrow the bolsheviks
    4.The red army
    Red Army- Was the Bolsheviks.
    White army- The anti Bolsheviks.
  • Red Terror

    Red Terror

    It was aimed at crushing all opposition to the new regime and it was modeled by the French revolution.
    1. Felix Dzerzhinsky, Vladmir Lenin.
    2. It was killing tens of thousands of people during the red terror.
    3. They were executed by the bolsheviks before the red terror even happened.
    4. Because of the Bolehievks wanting more power.
    Checka- Historical Soviet police during the russian civil war.
  • Lenin dies, Stalin comes to power

    Lenin dies, Stalin comes to power

    1. Joseph Stalin was a Soviet politician and led the nation after Lenin dies.
  • Reflection

    1. I learned a lot of good things and many bad things about the revolution that had good and bad outcomes.
    2. People were better off after the revolution because before the revolution that was when new things were introduced and bad outcomes were starting to turn out.
    3. I teaches us lessons about how government was a lot different back then and how the soviets were back then.