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The Rebellion of 1905
Russia was defeated in a war with Japan at that time, and that produced a rebellion, that war broke out and after troops fired on striking workers in the capital, St. Petersburg. -
The Start of the Great War.
WWI started and Russia joined the UK and France side -
The pass of the Republic
In March the Tsar gave up the throne and they started a republic, with Kerensky -
April Thesis
Lenin wrote the April Thesis, in which he promised peace, bread, land, and freedom -
The spark of the Revolution
On the 23rd of October (1917) a
revolution took place. The
Bolsheviks, led by Lenin, attacked
the winter Palace in St. Petersburg
and seized power. (In fact, this happened in
November, because Russia used a different
calendar). -
The Russian Revolution
In 1918 civil war broke out between the Bolshevik Red Army (led by Trotsky) and
anti – communist White Russians. This ended in victory for the Bolsheviks (1921). -
The New Policy
In 1921 Lenin introduced a New Economic Policy to restore order and increase
prosperity after the chaos of Revolution, Civil War, and War Communism.
• Peasants could sell surplus food produce and pay tax on profits.
• It allowed small non-state-owned businesses (such as shops ...) and they could
make a profit.
• Vital industries (coal, iron, railways ...) stayed in state hands. -
USSR
In 1924 a new constitution established the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics). Each republic had a government but they all had to be communist, and
the system was run centrally by the Politburo (senior council)
