1. Russian Revolution
Beginning of Trouble

2. Building Russian Industry
Alexander III & son Nicholas II: focused on economic development
Count Serge Witte- RR building to transport iron/coal across Russia

3. Building Russian Industry
B. Industrialization leads to problems
Flocked to cities, long hours, low pay, slums, poverty, disease
C. Karl Marx-
author of Communism

4. War w/ Japan (1904)
A. Russia suffered defeat after defeat = protest against corrupt govt.

5. Bloody Sunday George Gapon (1905): Organized peace march
Czar not there- troops shot leaving hundreds dead
**Killed people’s faith & trust in czar

6. Revolution of 1905 Strikes multiplied- targeted officials
October Manifesto- people’s freedoms
Agreed to summon a Duma: no law into effect w/o it
Peter Stolypin new prime minister
Arrests/executions to restore order

7. End of the Monarchy
Impact of WWI- ran out of guns/ammo 2 million casualties
Alexandra & Rasputin: a “holy man” who had great influence over the czarina

8. End of the Romanovs
Battlefield Disasters: fuel/food shortages brought collapse
Duma- fatal mistake: didn’t pull Russia out of WWI

9. End of the Romanovs
3. Soviets: revolutionaries, council of workers, soldiers
4. Bolsheviks: radical socialist group took charge, Lenin
**Royal family last to rule Russia