1. Play Soviet National Anthem

2. The Russian Revolution
Part 1
Part 2

3. Do-First: At the top of your handout answer the following prompt
Do-First: At the top of your handout answer the following prompt. Is a revolution good or bad?
SWBAT
Describe the basic tenets of the Russian revolution and the Rise of the Soviet Union by taking guided notes.
TERMS
Revolution-far reaching change
Revolutionary-ideas that could cause a revolution

4. Context IMPERIAL RUSSIA REVOLUTION SOVIET UNION
*Czars-similar to kings and queens of Russia
*1 Family Ruled the country for over 300 years
*Romanov Dynasty
*Last Czar Nicholas II and Family are killed
*Led by Vladimir Lenin
*Started over Disparity Between Rich and Poor *
*Soviet Russia and Communism

5. Imperial Russia Romanov Dynasty

6. Imperial Russia Social Structure
Romanov Family
2 Million People
Control Everything
Nobility
Serfs: Virtually everyone else in society
34 Million People
Control Nothing

7. Industrialization – 1800s Brought workers into cities
People were unhappy with:
Bad working and living conditions
Low wages
Crowding

8. Is Communism the answer?
Developed by Karl Marx
Said that workers should own and control the country
Wealth is spread out according to need (think fair share)

9. Background of Revolution
REVOLUTION VIDEO FACTS
3 Facts

10. Bolshevik is a name for a
Russian Revolution
Bolshevik is a name for a
Russian Communist.
Also called Bolshevik Revolution
Political leaders, soldiers, and factory workers overthrew the government
Czar and family were murdered
Vladimir Lenin
Bolshevik Leader
Communist Leader

11. Communism Led by Vladimir Lenin Stalin took over 1929 - 1953
Set up communist state
Government owns all property
Government holds all political power
Controls lives of citizens
Command economy
Lenin
Stalin

12. Josef Stalin “Man of Steel”
Rapidly Industrialized Soviet Union
Transformed Soviet Union from agrarian society into a world superpower in less than 50 years.
1924-Many Russian homes without electricity
1945-Atomic Bombs

13. Collectivism and 5-Year Plans
Collectivization -priority of group goals over individual goals
5-Year Plans -series of nation-wide centralized economic plans in the Soviet Union.
Stalin initiates this idea. Now peasants do not own their land. Russia owns it and all of their crop goes to Russia.

14. Collectivism and 5 Year Plans

15. Questioning Stalin’s Power

16. Stalin’s Great Purge of 1930
Campaign to purge the Communist Party of people accused of sabotage, terrorism, or treachery.

17. Great Purge

18. USSR Communists renamed Russia the:
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Also known as the Soviet Union

19. Soviet Union 1) Russian SSR 2) Ukrainian SSR 3) Belarusian SSR
4) Uzbek SSR
5) Kazakh SSR
6) Georgian SSR
7) Azerbaijan SSR
8) Lithuania SSR
9) Moldavian SSR
10) Latvian SSR
11) Kirghiz SSR
12) Tajik SSR
13) Armenia SSR
14) Turkmen SSR
15) Estonian SSR

20. What else did they do? Outlawed religion
Killed, exiled, or sent people to work camps who disagreed with the government
Had difficult economy (lack of material goods)

21. Cold War Set up communism in Eastern Europe
Caused tensions with the United States

22. The Cold War
Tension between 1945 and 1991 for world hegemony between the United States and the Soviet Union
Hegemony-political, economic, ideological or cultural power exerted by a dominant group over other groups

23. Cold War Tension
Cold War caused many hot spots of tension due to the idea of hegemony between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
Cuban Missile Crisis
War in Afghanistan
Vietnam War
-Both looking for Influence and Power
Cold War = Giant Chess Match

24. Crash Course!
John Green Questions
USA vs USSR Fight

25. Print Next Slide
Cut out Activity in Teams

26. Government Type: Dictatorship Government Type: Democratic/rule of law
CAPITALISM
COMMUNISM
Government Type: Dictatorship
Government Type: Democratic/rule of law
Economic Type: Command
Economic Type: Free Market
Civil Rights: Guaranteed Religion, Movement, Speech
Civil Rights: None to few
Country Examples: Vietnam. Cuba, China
Country Examples: US, UK, Canada, Mexico
Characteristics
Gvmt./state plans and operates all production (5 YEAR PLAN)
Gvmt. owns all means of production (factory, equipment, land)
Managers rewarded for meeting State Quotas
People serve the government
Few freedoms/choices
Censorship
State most Important!! >>COMMAND ECO RESPONDS TO RULES, NOT CONSUMERS
Characteristics
Producers take the risks (Time/$)
Producers get the rewards ($)
Producers meet the needs of consumers in order to make a profit (reward)
Government exists for the people
Many freedoms
Little censorship
Individual most important!!

27. Changes - 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev takes over
Gives people more political freedom
Acknowledged country’s problems
Tried restructuring the economy
People tired of Communism – demanded more changes

28. Independence Countries began breaking away from the Soviet Union
Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Czechoslovakia became independent in 1989

29. November 9, 1989

30. Reagan and Gorbachev Minds behind the Berlin Wall coming down.
“Mr. Gorbachev Tear Down This Wall”

31. Soviet Union Dissolves
Eastern European Countries want to decide their own future.
December 31, 1991 Soviet Union Dissolved

32. Collapse - 1991 Replaced by Russia and a collection of Republics
Today Russia is a democracy with an elected president
Countries have transitioned to market economies, but are still coping with some economic and pollution problems

33. Russia QUIZ
Use your notes: Complete the Russian History Quiz.

34. Done