1. Take out Newspaper article on
Bloody Sunday!

2. Tuesday, January 15th HW: Start to study your notes for the midterm!
Aim: Why was Czar Nicholas II forced to abdicate?
Do Now: List at least 3 adjectives you would use to describe this man.

3. March Revolution (1917) Riots throughout Petrograd
Soldiers side with rioters
Czar Nicholas II forced to abdicate
Provisional government headed by
Alexander Kerensky is set up
Russia continues to fight in WWI
Social unrest continues

4. Summary
Make a timeline in your notebook!

5. Vladimir Lenin got him exiled to Siberia Traveled Europe
Revolutionary activities
got him exiled to Siberia
Traveled Europe
Studied work of Karl Marx
Believed Russia needed a
communist state
Returned to Russia in
1917

6. Bolsheviks – a group of radical Socialist Revolutionaries who were committed to change.

7. Bolshevik Revolution (November 1917)
Bolsheviks overthrow Provisional Government

8. Bolsheviks establish a Communist state
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk: Withdrew Russia from WWI. Russia had to give a large amount of land to Germany.
Redistribution of land
Workers given control of factories and mines

9. Russian Civil War ( )
Red Army (communists) vs. White Army (loyalists/democrats)
Red Army defeated White Army
14 million Russians died
* Bolsheviks had complete control over Russia!