Russian Revolution
Causes Crushing defeats in WWI Lack of bread and fuel People were tired of autocratic rule Czar’s association with Rasputin Russian Revolution Documentary
Treaty of Brest Litovsk
Immediate Consequences Czar and family executed 300 years of Romanov rule ended Provisional government formed (Kerensky) Russian Civil War 1917-1920 ( Reds win!) Russia becomes the _________________ Soviet Union
V.I. Lenin (“ Father of the Russian Revolution”) Marxist Arrested by Russian secret police, brother executed for assassinating Czar “ Peace, Land, Bread”
Long Term Consequences Tension between USSR and the West Soviet Union lasts from 1923-1991
Cold War 1917-1991
Feudalism-Capitalism-Communism Marx’s vision Feudalism-Capitalism-Communism