1. Your Thematic study for 2011

2. Topic 3: Revolutions and Turmoil: Social and Political Upheavals since c. 1500

3. THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

4. ISSUE 1: Pre revolutionary Society and Government

5. Lets begin at 1900

6. Tsar = Autocracy

7. The Church Leaders

8. Nobles= owned 25% Land= very wealthy

9. Proletariat= ex peasants now lived in towns, very very poor

10. The Peasants= country farmers, former slaves, Extremely poor!!!

11. Nationalities= different cultures

12. Revolutionary Groups

13. 1903- RUSSO JAPANESE WAR

14. As a result from the war

15. Living conditions= poor

16. Working conditions= poor

17. STRIKES BREAK OUT!!

18. WORKERS FORM SOVIETS

19. BLOODY SUNDAY

20. OCTOBER MANIFESTO

21. DUMA

22. THIS MUST MEAN REFORMS? 4 DUMAS BETWEEN 1906-1917

23. STOLPIN TO THE RESCUE?

24. AGRICULTURE REFORMS

25. INDUSTRY REFORMS

26. WAS THIS A BAND AID SOLUTION ?

27. YES….. WHY YOU ASK? WELL:

28. ISSUE 2 THE ROLE OF EXTERNAL AND OR INTERNAL FORCES IN THE COLLAPASE OF THE OLD ORDER AND SIEZURE OF POWER

29. Lets look at the FEBURARY REVOLUTION First

30. THE BIG MAJOR EXTERNAL CAUSE …..

31. Now for the INTERNAL CAUSES…

32. Suffering of the winter

33. Industrial developments halter

34. Social discontent

35. $$$Economic problems $$$

36. Tsar’s incompetency No experience in the Army

37. Immorality of the Tsarina

38. Revolutionary movements

39. THE RESULT OF THE FEBURARY REVOLUTION PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT

40. PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT =

41. LENIN APRIL THESIS

42. JULY DAYS

43. KORNILOV vs KRENSKY

44. THE BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION

45. HOW DID THEY SIEZE POWER?

46. INTERNAL THREATS TO THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT

47. INTERNAL

48. EXTERNAL WORLD WAR I

49. ISSUE 3 CONSOLIDATION OF POWER

50. FEBURARY REVOLUTION THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT FAILED TO CONSOLIDATE POWER THE PROVISONAL GOVERNMENT DID NOTHING ABOUT: -End of WWI -Alleviate food shortages -Improve poor living and working conditions.

51. OCTOBER REVOLUTION

52. LENIN TAKES OVER THE PROVISINAL GOVERNMENT

53. HE WALKS OUT OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY

54. LENIN FOLLOWS THROUGH WITH:

55. CONTROL??

56. CONSOLIDATION Many/ALL of the aims of the Revolution and revolutionary theory had been met. Therefore the revolution had been consolidated!

57. THREATS TO THE CONSOLIDATION

58. ISSUE 4 INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL THREATS TO THE REVOLUTION AND HOW THEY WERE DEALT WITH

59. INTERNAL THREATS TO FEBURARY REVOLUTION

60. EXTERNAL THREATS TO FEBURARY REVOLUTION

61. INTERNAL THREATS OCT REVOLUTION Election failure Continuation of the War Opposition from national groups Counter Revolutionary Forces Economic chaos Political Problems

62. EXTERNAL THREATS TO THE OCT REVOLUTION