1. REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA 26.3

2. Russia and World War I The Years Before the War  Czar Nicholas II promised reform after the revolution of 1905 but little change came  Marxist group known as the Bolsheviks wanted to change Russia through revolution and with their leader Vladimir Lenin  They used Marxist ideas but varied because they wanted to eventually control Russia  In 1914 the economics crisis was at it worst and Czar Nicholas thought the war would help unite the people under his leadership

3. Russia and World War I Russia in World War I  The war did help unite many rushed to join the military, altogether they had 6 million soldiers  Russia was not prepared for the expensive and supply of their military  The men had outdated weapons and the leaders were not well trained  Millions of Russians were killed in the early battles of WWI

4. Russia and World War I Conditions Grow Worse  Czar Nicholas II took command of the Russian army in 1915  He knew little of war strategy or commanding an army  With Nicholas II in charge Russia place in the war grew worse  The Central Powers were able to stop a major Russian offensives, which left the Russian feeling defeated and hopeless  In Russia the people were starving  Czarina Alexandra was left in charge and began to take advice from Grigory Rasputin, which made the people dislike the monarchy even more

5. The Russian Revolution Revolution Begins  In 1916 the people began to revolt and the soldiers and police sympathized  Czar Nicholas the II commanded the Duma (Russian legislature) to disband and they refused  On March 15 th 1916 he was forced to abdicate the throne  The revolution that led to the end of the monarch is known as the February Revolution

6. The Russian Revolution The Provisional Government  The Duma place Aleksandr Kerensky in charge  Most of the people disliked him and his continuation in the war  People were more concerned with their starving families and poor living conditions  The Bolsheviks wanted a fundamental change in gov’t based off of Marxist ideals  Vladimir Lenin who had been exiled from Russia for his communist ideals was helped back into the country by Germany who hope he would stir up unrest in the country

7. The Russian Revolution The Bolshevik Revolution  Mid-1917 Kerensky lead the Russian army in a final offensive attack against the Central Power and failed miserably  Men in the army began to revolt against their officers and people at home were just as unhappy  In November 1917 the Bolshevik led a revolution to take over the government and won easily  Lenin was in charge and implemented a communist gov’t and made owning private land illegal and distrusted the land in Russia to the people

8. After The Revolution Lenin wanted to end the war with Germany and he made an agreement which caused Russia to loose a large chunk of it’s empire

9. After the Revolution Civil War  Many were unhappy with the agreement the Bolsheviks made with the Germans  The wealthy, political opponents, and many military leaders opposed the Bolsheviks and created the White army to fight the Red army and take back Russia.  The White army received outside helped and the war continued on until 1920 when the Bolsheviks won  Many Russian lives were lost

10. After the Revolution New Economic Policy  Many peasant suffered through the civil war and Russia was at the end of economic destruction  Lenin enacted the New Economic Policy in 1921 which allowed some capitalist activities.  People were allowed to sell their food for a profit The Soviet Union  1922 Russian economy began to improve  They were reunited with lands that they had lost in 1917  The new country was call The Union of Soviet Socialist Republic- aka Soviet Union  Communist leadership dominated the government  Lenin died in 1924 without a clear successor which lead to a struggle of control of the Soviet Union