For Revolution Ingredients: Mix together. Poor leadership Caution: Bolshevik Rev. Proletariat & Peasants For Revolution Ingredients: Mix together. Poor leadership Caution: Heavy losses in war Contents under Economic hardships pressure. Growing gap between classes Lenin & the Soviets
Nicholas II – The last of the Romanovs Poor leadership Autocratic government Use of force
Economic Troubles Food shortages Unemployment Winter 1917
Russian Involvement in World War I Shortages 8 million dead
Soviets Led by communists Strikes and protests Land, bread, and peace Appeal to workers
February Revolution (1917) Workers take to the streets. Army abandons Tsar Nicholas II abdicates Weak provisional government
Vladimir Lenin Supporter of Marxism Revolutionary history Carpe Diem!
Marxism vs. Leninism
Lenin’s Demands Peace Land Power to the Soviets By October 1917 majority party
Lenin’s April Theses
October Revolution (1917) Took over Winter Palace Pull out of WWI Communist government Civil War until 1922 New Economic Policy Some economic freedoms Government controls big industries
The Rebellion against Farmer Jones