1. Authoritarian Regimes
Communist Russia

2. Communism

4. Communism Thought that - workers would rise up against the rich
overthrow the government
create a new society in which wealth is shared equally among the people
A communist society
German thinker Karl Marx

5. Russia, 1917 Tsar Nicholas II http://youtube.com/watch?v=ak2AgUpZq-k
Tsar Nicholas II

6. St. Petersburg / Petrograd

7. What led to the rise of Communism?
Russians wanted Tsar to end the war
Impact of WWI
Russian soldiers unhappy – ill-equipped, shortage of food
Shortage of food – supplies channeled to the warfront

8. What led to the rise of Communism?
Farmers wanted fairer distribution of land
Socio-political reasons
People wanted a fairer government

9. Tsar
What does this source tell you about Russian society in 1917?
Aristocrats
Middle Class
Workers

11. February - March1917 Tsar forced to abdicate.
Provisional government set up.

12. Provisional Government

13. Failure of Provisional Government
Chose to keep Russia in the war
No land reforms
Struggle for power with soviets
Government comprised rich landowners
Russia continued to get defeated by Germany
Soviet = Groups of Russian workers, peasants and soldiers

14. October 1917 Revolution
Struggle for power between provisional government and Russian army
Provisional government turns to Petrograd Soviet (Bolsheviks) for help
Bolsheviks formed the Red Army and defeated the Russian army
Bolsheviks seize power and overthrow the government
Lenin (leader of the Bolsheviks) establishes the world’s first Communist regime.
- Pulled Russia out of the war

15. Vladimir Lenin

16. Vladimir Lenin

17. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), 1924

18. Leon Trotsky

19. Joseph Stalin

20. Lev Kamenev

21. Grigory Zinoviev

22. The Rise of Stalin World War I Food Shortages
Russians lost faith in the government
World War I
Strikes and Riots
Life was difficult
Rising Number of Dead
February Revolution
October Revolution and the rise of the Bolsheviks
Weakness of Provisional Government
Death of
Lenin
USSR under Lenin
Abdication of the Tsar
Power Struggle
Formation of Provisional Government
Rise of Stalin
Stalin becomes leader of the USSR

23. How Did Stalin Rise to Power?
Position as Secretary General
Weakness of his rivals
Stalin’s cunning
Popularity of Stalin’s ideas
Position as Secretary General
Weakness of his rivals
Stalin’s cunning

24. Impact of Stalin’s Rule
Industralisation
Collectivization
Terror State
Control over culture