Russian Revolution 1917

Russian Morale? Very low! Food shortages No weapons No transport

Petrograd, March 1917 Czar Nicholas II orders his troops to put down protestors…they REFUSE Power transferred to the PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT

Vladimir Lenin “hiding” in Germany during WWI because of his radical views Brother killed for plotting to kill the Czar Germany sent him to Russia in a special sealed train! “Peace, Land, and Bread”

The Bolshevik Revolution November 1917: Bolsheviks staged a coup d’etat in Petrograd Overthrows provisional government! Bolsheviks DISSOLVED the assembly! (sign of what’s to come) Lenin wanted to end Russia’s involvement in WWI…

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Pulls Russia out of WWI EARLY! Rest of the Allies NOT HAPPY with this move! Russia now enters a CIVIL WAR Reds (Communists) vs. Whites (non-Communists/Allied Powers)

Red Army Wins under Leon Trotsky Whites were not unified—not able to work together quickly Many peasants starved during 3 year civil war Suspected Bolsheviks slaughtered by Whites, and vice versa! The Terror: July 1918, killed Czar and his family, set up Cheka (secret police), restricted Church