Lenin builds an Empire 1917-1924 Lenin’s Russia Lenin builds an Empire 1917-1924
TIMELINE Lenin takes power in 1917 Signs treaty of Brest-Litovsk 1918 Russia falls into Civil War 1918-20 15 million people die! (war, famine, disease) Economy destroyed!
Economic Reforms Lenin is victorious in Civil War 1920 New Economic Policy 1921 Allowed some Capitalism Encouraged foreign investment
Political Reforms Organized Russia into self-ruling Republics 1922 named Russia the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) Bolsheviks rename party the Communist Party Became a dictatorship of the Communist Party
Lenin dies in 1924 53-Years old Who would take his place?
Power Struggle Leon Trotsky Joseph Stalin