How Did Vladimir Lenin Change Russia

How did Vladimir Lenin change Russia?

October 1917 Revolution• What impression does this painting give of the

October Revolution?

What is Communism?• Lenin turned Russia into the first Communist

country in the world.• Communism means;

-Everyone is equal

-Religion is banned

-Only the government owns businesses

-There are no rich and in theory no poor

-You can only vote for the Communist party

-There are no private schools.

What changes did Lenin make?

1. Copy out the brown box on page 39 in Modern Minds textbook.

2. Put heading Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and make notes from page 38 in Modern Minds textbook.

3. What happened to the rich in Russia? (notes from page 39)

Civil War 1918-1921• In 1918, a civil war broke out in Russia because

many different groups were unhappy with Communism, such as the rich, priests, other political groups.

• In the Civil War, the Communists were called ‘Reds’ and their opponents were called ‘Whites’.

• The Reds stole food from the peasants to feed their soldiers and so eventually the peasants stopped growing food.

• This lead to a terrible famine where 7 million people died of starvation.

Death of Lenin• In 1924, Lenin died after a stroke.• His body was preserved and can still be seen

today in Red Square in Moscow.• Under his body, is a huge machine, which keeps

his body at a certain temperature.• He is injected with chemicals and a team of

people have to remove mould from his body with toothbrushes.

• Every day, hundreds of tourists visit his mausoleum; the man who brought the world Communism!