1. Russian Revolution vs Animal Farm

5. Tsar Nicholas II & Tsarina Alexandra
Russian Revolution
Animal Farm
Ruler of Russia
Failed to solve Russia’s basic political, economic, and social problems
Tsar was forced to abdicate the throne
Mr. Jones and Mrs. Jones
Ran farm poorly
Forced off the farm by the animals

6. V.I. Lenin
Russian Rev
Animal Farm
Leader of the Bolsheviks who took over in the absence of the tsar
Sent in exile to Switzerland
Lenin adopted Marxist ideas to fit Russian conditions
Germans helped him escape and get back to Russia
War Communism/NEP
Old Major
Inspiration for the rebellion
Killed early in the revolution
Established the laws of Animalism

7. Stalin Took power after the death of Lenin Napoleon
Russian Rev.
Animal Farm
Took power after the death of Lenin
Used fear tactics to gain power
Wanted to focus on building communism at home
Napoleon
Introduced the idea of the windmill
His secret police exiled Snowball

8. Trotsky A Marxist revolutionary under Lenin
Russian Rev.
Animal Farm
A Marxist revolutionary under Lenin
After Lenin’s death, Trotsky and Stalin competed for governmental control
Urged a world wide revolution against capitalism
Snowball
Disagreed with Napoleon on the future of how the farm should be run
Was exiled off the farm by Stalin’s secret police dogs

9. Secret Police Enforced War Communist policies
Russian Rev.
Animal Farm
Enforced War Communist policies
Protected Communist leaders
Jessie and Bluebell’s puppies
They were taken at a young age and trained in communist views

10. March Revolution
Russian Rev.
Animal Farm
Tsar failed to deal with issues at home while he was trying to raise moral on the war lines against Germany
Russians overthrew the Tsar
Ended Tsar rule of Russia
When the animals took the grain and then ran farmer Jones off the farm

11. Other Countries Germany helped Stalin back into Russia
Russian Rev.
Animal Farm
Germany helped Stalin back into Russia
Other countries that supported the anti-communist side (Whites)
Germany (Adolf Hitler) traded with Russian leaders
Other farmers in the area that came back to help Jones get his farm back
Mr. Frederick- unfairly traded with the pigs of the farm

12. Communism
Russian Rev.
Animal Farm
a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state
Collective farms
All business was under the government
Animalism
Pigs eating the apples and milk while the other animals starved
Sleeping in beds
Dressing like humans
Trading with other farmers
Drinking alcohol

13. Civil War- Red Army vs White Army
Russian Rev.
Animal Farm
Three year war between the “Red”- Communist (Bolsheviks) and the “Whites”- counterrevolutionary (tsarist imperial officers, Mensheviks, Democrats)
Allies helped the Whites in hope to help overthrow the Communist
Group of farmers that returned to the Jones’ farm to attempt to retake it
Animals chased them back off the farm
Hoof and Horn flag was developed after that

14. Five Year Plans
Russian Rev.
Animal Farm
Aimed at building heavy industry, improving transportation, and increasing farm output
Stalin’s plans set high production goals
To meet goals, managers produced more but cheap products
Plan to build the windmill
Continued the plan even after the windmill was destroyed

15. Collective Farms
Russian Rev.
Animal Farm
Farmers kept their homes and personal property, but the land was owned by government
Including everything grown on it
Some protested by burning their crops and slaughtering their animals
Food shortages remained a problem
Idea that everybody worked on the windmill to build to it so everybody would have to work less
Still had to work hard everyday and it did not increase their food

16. Great Purge
Russian Rev.
Animal Farm
Stalin feared the rise of opposing parties so he had many leaders killed or sent to Gulag
Over 4 million people were purged out of Russia
Some were experts in industry, economics, and engineering, and some of the Soviet Union’s most talented writers and thinkers
When the hens refused to sell their eggs, they were considered rebels hand killed for their actions against animalism