The Russian revolution aka – the communist revolution aka – the Bolshevik revolution

background 1881 – Alexander III Took away reforms of father Complete absolutism Pogroms Police state

Nicholas II 1894 Pledged to continue czarist rule But problems exist Still lagging behind in industry Russo – Japanese War 1905

The revolution of 1905 Bloody Sunday Duma

WWI – the final blow Russia joins WWI – 1914 1915 Nicholas goes to the front Rasputin is left to influence Czarina Alexandria March Revolution

The provisional government Alexander Kerensky No change War raged on Economic problems Land shortage

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Bolshevik “peace, land and bread” November 1917

New economic policy Peace Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Land Redistribution of Land Bread Changes in the economy

And politics 1922 USSR Moscow Communism NOT Karl Marx Dictatorship of Communist party not a dictatorship of the Proletariat

And then there was Stalin “man of steel” 1928 –power in SU totalitarianism

What is totalitarianism? state control over people modern technology glorifies state one party rule organized violence dynamic leader state control over society

Stalin seizes control over everything The five – year plans Industrialization Command economy High quotas No consumer products

Stalin seizes control over everything The five – year plans Agricultural revolution Collective farms kulaks

Weapons of totalitarianism religious persecution indoctrination police terror propaganda censorship

Police terror Force obedience Crush opposition Monitor everything Great purge - 1934

Indoctrination/propaganda Instruction in government’s set of beliefs Socialist realism

Censorship Religious persecution

Daily life Soviet women Women worked in industry Educational opportunities Responsible for raising “good communists”

Education Government controlled all education University/technological training