Russian Revolution

Objective: Students will understand and summarize the causes of the Russian Revolution as measured by their Cornell notes and summary.

Setting the Stage The Czars had ruled Russia with absolute power A lot of anger over social inequalities and ruthless treatment of peasants A full-scale revolution was in the works

Czar Alexander III 1881 Alexander III succeeded his father to the throne and was able to hang on to the principles of autocracy How did he hold on to his power? Censorship on every published material Created a secret police Teachers sent detail reports on every student People who were disobedient were exiled

The Czar falls 3 critical mistakes The Russo-Japanese War Bloody Sunday World War 1

The Russo-Japanese War Russia and Japan = imperialist powers Competed for Korea and Manchuria The two nations signed a treaty and Russia broke the treaty Japan attacks = Defeats Russia

Bloody Sunday January 22, 1905 200,000 workers and their families approached the czar’s palace Carried a petition asking for better working conditions and more personal freedom Guards were ordered to fire on the crowd Killed between 500-1,000 unarmed civilians

World War 1 Czar Nicholas II made the decision to drag Russia into WW1 Russia = unprepared to handle military and economic cost A year into the war, 4 million soldiers had been killed War = destroying the morale of the troops Soldiers mutinied, deserted, and ignored orders

The March Revolution Workers swarmed the street Soldiers disobeyed orders and sided with the workers “Down with the autocracy! Down with the war!” The March Revolution succeeded in bringing down the Czar

QW #1 – Russian Revolution What were the 3 critical mistakes that helped to bring down the Czar? Explain each mistake in detail. Pg. 434 - 435 1 paragraph