1. Russian Revolution

2. Opening Cast of Characters
Vladimir Rasputin
Lenin
Nicholas II Joseph Stalin

3. Russian Government Before Revolution
Monarchy: The Czar (Tsar)
Until 1905 the Tsar's powers were unlimited.
Russia had no constitution,
no political party system to check the Tsar's power
A strong secret police which terrorized the people.

4. Royal Background Nicholas I
Created the first secret police in Russia, brutal leader, response to revolt of army officers in 1825

5. Czar Alexander II
He implemented important reforms, notably the abolition of serfdom,
In 1867, he sold Alaska and the Aleutian Islands to the United States.
Killed by the Revolutionary Group: The People’s Will

6. Czar Alexander III
Alexander III's reign was during an industrial revolution in Russia .
His reign was harsh, against revolutionaries and other liberal movements.

7. Czar Nicholas II (1894) Last Czar of Russia
Nicholas II was a harsh and weak ruler
The Russian economy was bankrupt because of the Russo-Japanese War and WWI Russia’s entry into WWI became very unpopular.

8. Czar Nicholas II and Family

9. Russo-Japanese War (1904)
Dispute over Manchuria with Japan
Shook national confidence in their progress and rule of Czar.

10. Bloody Sunday (1905)

11. Russia and World War I Russia declares war on Austria-Hungary
War becomes unpopular
Rationing leads to starvation
Nicholas II leaves St. Petersburg to war front

13. Rasputin

14. Rasputin with Admirers

15. The Assassination Attempt on Rasputin’s Life
Poisoned
Shot in chest
Shot in back
Knifed
Beaten to a pulp
Stuffed into a bag, hands and feet tied, and thrown into an icy river

17. March Revolution (1917)
1917- protests spread through St. Petersburg and the Royal palace is taken over.
Czar abdicates
Provisional government (Duma) takes control lead by Alexander Keresnky
Provisional government unpopular after decision to stay in WWI

18. October (Bolshevik) Revolution-1917
Lead by VIadimir Lenin “Peace, Land, and Bread”
Won support of people (especially peasants)

21. 1918
1918 March The Bolsheviks accept the peace of Brest‑Litovsk, ending WWI with Germany.
Russia gave up hundreds of thousands of miles to Germany.

22.
1919 White Armies (Royal and Menshevik troops) attack the Reds (Bolsheviks) from all directions.
1920- Reds defeat Whites
Lenin immediately has Nicholas II and all his family killed!

23. Rule of Lenin
Economic Reforms included the New Economic Plan (NEP)
-moderate mix of capitalism and socialism
Political Reforms
-Bolshevik party became Communist Party
-Russia becomes the United Soviet Socialist Republics

24. Communism A Form of Socialism
Central Planning of the Economy by the State
Gov’t (Communist Party) makes decisions on individual jobs and pay

25. 1924 Lenin Dies = Power Vacuum! Leon Trotsky vs. Joseph Stalin
Communism
must spread
throughout
Europe and
the rest of the
world!
Communism
will be built
up inside our
Soviet Union
first. Close
our borders!

26. Who wins? Stalin takes control
Trotsky flees in exile; later he is ice-picked in the back of the head in Mexico
Now Stalin must decide how he will maintain power
Decides to create a totalitarian state

28. Characteristics of a Totalitarian State
Dictatorship- Absolute Authority
Dynamic Leader- Vision for the nation
State Control Over All Sectors of Society
Business, Family Life, Labor, youth groups, housing, religion, education, the arts
State Control Over the Individual
Obedience
Denies basic liberties
Organized Violence
Uses force to crush opposition

29. Stalin’s Totalitarian State
State Control of the Economy
5 year plan, collective farms
Police Terror
Great Purge, crush opposition
Religious Persecution
Control of the individual
Propaganda (socialist realism)
Molding peoples minds
Education
Controlled by the government