1. The Russian Revolution of 1917:
The Road to Red

2. Marxist Ideology Ruling Class- Always controls production
“class struggle” pushes history forward
4 Stages of Economic Life
Primitive
Slave
Feudal
Capitalist

3. Karl Marx
“Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communist Revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Working men of all countries , unite!”

4. Who are…
The Bourgeoisie?
The Proletariats?

5. Socialism vs. Communism
What is the difference?

6. Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood
Built on the location of Alexander II’s assassination.

7. More Church…

8. What was wrong with the Russian Monarchy?

12. The Romanov Family

13. Who was Rasputin?

15. Back to the Revolution…
What did people do?

16. Bolsheviks vs. Mensheviks
Bolsheviks (Reds)
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Believed small group of professional revolutionaries could bring socialism
Minority group
Believed force was necessary
Mensheviks (Whites)
Believed that working class (the masses) would lead revolution
Majority group
Made no concrete plans post abdication to control government

17. Who was Lenin? Exiled to Siberia, then lived in Western Europe
Returned to Russia, post- revolution, by Germany
“Peace, Land, and Bread”
“All power to the soviets!”
Led Bolshevik coup d’etat against provisional govt.

18. Who was Trotsky? Military leader who led Reds during Civil War
Fostered loyalty to communism through literacy
Eloquent speaker
2nd in command to Lenin
Believed in world wide revolution
Exiled and Assassinated

19. Who was Stalin? Skilled administrator
Wanted to build socialism in USSR first, then spread worldwide
Outmaneuvered Trotsky
One of most brutal dictators of all time
Used secret police, purges and censorship to maintain control

20. So how does Animal Farm fit?