History Mindset How did police respond to the February Rebellion? Joined the protests
Dec 23, 2015
History Mindset
How did police respond to the February Rebellion?
Joined the protests
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
Background
• World War I went badly for Russia on the Eastern Front
• The Russian army was large, but technologically backwards
• Used horses and bayonets against machine guns and tanks
• The more modern German army inflicted heavy losses on the Russians
Causes of the Russian Revolution
• Anger Against The Tzar:
• Many were tired of the Romanov dynasty that had ruled them for over 300 years
• Tzar Nicholas took command of the army and failed miserably as a military leader
Causes of Russian Revolution
Losing the War:Food shortages left many starving
Many blamed the Czar for millions of dead Russians in World War I
Revolution Begins• February Rebellion 1917:
nearly 200,000 workers swarm the streets shouting to take down the aristocracy
• Armed forces and police joined protesters
• By March 1917, the czar was overthrown
Leader of the Russian Revolution
• Vladimir Lenin led the Bolsheviks (the radical left wing for the communist party)
• Promised “Bread, Peace and Land!”
Leader of the Russian Revolution
• Lenin adapted Marx’s ideas for Russia.
• First Communist leader of Russia
Leader of the Russian Revolution
• By the summer of 1917 Lenin’s Bolsheviks had seized control of the government.
• In July 1917, The czar and his family were executed.
Revolution Outcomes
Bolsheviks rename their party the COMMUNIST PARTY!
Goal: classless society, gov. run by the people
Result: Dictatorship by Lenin and his government
(In other words, the working class would
have control as a community)
Effects of Russian Revolution
• Over 80,000 dead Red and White soldiers
• Massive starvation & disease
• The formation of the secret police
Effects of Russian Revolution
• “Russia” changed to “Soviet Union”
• Capital moved to Moscow from St. Petersburg