1. IV. Russian Revolution

2. A. War on the Eastern Front
Eastern Front – Battlefields along Russia & Germany
1914 – Russian forces attack both Germany & Austria
Loss battles to both armies

4. 1916 – The entire Russian effort was near collapse
Russian army was continually short on food, guns, ammunitions, and clothing

5. B. Revolution Nicholas II – Czar of Russia at start of World War I
Russian troops were no match for highly trained German troops
Defeat followed defeat
Destroyed troops morale and food and fuel supply in Russia dwindled

6. Family of Nicholas II

7. C. Czar Steps Down
March Revolution – 200,000 workers swarmed the streets of Petograd
Soldiers were told to shoot them but instead sided with them
March 15, 1917 – Nicholas II is forced to step down
Royal family is later executed

9. D. Bolshevik Revolution
Provisional government keeps fighting in World War I
Bolsheviks – Revolutionary Russian Marxist led by Vladimir Lenin

10. Lenin promises Russians “land, peace, & bread”

11. E. Lenin in Power Farmland is distributed among the peasants
Gave control of factories to the workers
Renames the Bolshevik party to the Communist Party

12. Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (March 1918) – Stops all fighting between Germany and Russia

13. F. Results of Russia’s Withdraw
Without Russia, Germany was able to send all of their troops to the Western Front
Russia becomes the Soviet Union as a result of these revolutions