1. Bell Ringer: February 2/3 PLEASE GRAB THE WORKSHEET I GAVE YOU WHEN YOU WALKED IN AND BE READY TO TAKE NOTES!!!!

2. Josef Stalin  Came into power position once new government, based off of Karl Marx’s ideas, was created.  Opposed Leon Trotsky, another key power player  Eliminated all who opposed him  Used scare tactics to keep people in line, as he was not a great speaker  Made USSR into a world power  Killed more people during his reign than Hitler

3. Leon Trotsky  A key player at the start of the revolution  Marxist Revolutionary and Theorist  Founder of the Red Army  Major Figure in Bolshevik Victory (overtaking of Czar Nicholas)  Opposed Stalin’s Policies  Removed From Power  Deported but still opposed Stalinist Bureaucracy  Assassinated on Stalin’s Orders

4. Renaming of Russia to USSR  began when Russia and three other republics: Belorussia, Ukraine and the Transcaucasian Republic (composed of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia) decided to join and create their own country  first country in the world to be based on Marxist socialism  was known as USSR from 1922 to 1991

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6. Neighboring/supportive countries and leaders of the time  Capitalist governments of England (Great Britain) and the United States under the power of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchhill tried to work with Stalin.  These 3 leaders, known as the Big 3, met after WWII at the Yelta Conference to figure out how to build up war-torn countries.  Cold War started and all hope for working together was gone.

7. Neighboring/competing countries and leaders  Germany, under the leadership of Hitler, was very much against the USSR and what it initially stood for.  Surprisingly, Stalin and Hitler later signed a non-aggression pact, stunning the world.  Later, Hitler went against the pact when he overtook Poland during the war.

8. Red October  took place in October of 1917  uprising of the people of Russia against Czar Nicholas  this battle helped ignite plans to create a government based off of Karl Marx’s ideas  The Bolshevik party was then formed, which later came to be known as the Communist party.

9. Communism  Economic and social system in which all (or nearly all) property and resources are collectively owned by a classless society and not by individual citizens.  Based on the 1848 publication 'Communist Manifesto' by two German political philosophers, Karl Marx (1818-1883) and his close associate Friedrich Engels (1820-1895)  Each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.

10. Religion  Prior to revolution, Russia’s primary religion was Russian Orthodox (Christianity).  After revolution, the USSR became the first state to have, as an ideological objective, the elimination of religion and its replacement with universal atheism.  The communist regime confiscated religious property, ridiculed religion, harassed believers, and propagated atheism in schools.  Later, religion was allowed back solely for the sake of allowing people to find hope during desperate times.

11. Today’s Tasks: READ CHAPTERS 3-4 (PGS. 27-44) Please fill out worksheet as we read. WHO’S WHO AND WHAT’S WHAT QUIZ You will be asked to identify the allegorical details of the book with Russian revolution thus far. You may use your notes from Ch. 1-4.