1. Aim: Summarize the Bolshevik Revolution and its outcome

2. The Bolshevik Revolution
Fall 1917: People in the cities were rallying to the call “ All power to the soviets:
Socialist revolutionaries competing for power consisting of workers, peasants, & soldiers
November: Armed factory workers stormed the Winter Palace (Petrograd)
Called themselves the Bolshevik Red Guards
Took over government offices
Arrested the leaders of the provisional government 2

3. Bolsheviks in Power
Within days after the Bolshevik takeover, Lenin ordered that all farmland be distributed among the peasants
Bolsheviks gave control of factories to the workers
Bolshevik government signed a truce with Germany to stop all fighting and begin peace talks
March 1918: Signed Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 3

4. Civil War Rages in Russia
Bolsheviks faced new challenge
Stamping out their enemies at home
Opponent of Bolsheviks formed the White Army
Made up of different groups
Only the desire to defeat the Bolsheviks united the White Army
At one point, there were 3 White Armies fighting against the Bolsheviks’ Red Army
The Revolutionary leader, Leon Trotsky commanded the Bolshevik Red Army
, civil war raged in Russia
In the end, the Red Army crushed all opposition
Victory showed that Bolsheviks were able to seize power and maintain it 4