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RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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a. CZAR NICHOLAS IIROMANOV: a strict rulerwho relied on army &huge govt to hold power.
b. Had 4 daughters, 1 son& wife ALEXANDRIA
*Alex was German & kepthim cut off from eventsduring war
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THE CZAR & FAMILY
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ROMANOV FAMILY
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CZAR NICOLAS
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ALEXANDRA
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THE LOVE STORY Inever dreamt that
our married life would
have been so perfect,such utter happiness
you have brought me.
Alexandras letter to
Nicholas, 20September 1898
(dont write)
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ANASTASIA
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THE GIRLS
Anastasia,
Tatiana,Maria
andOlga
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ALEXEI
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ALEXANDRA & RASPUTIN
Alex was under theinfluence ofGRIGORI
RASPUTIN, a Siberianpeasant who claimed tobe a holy man & could
supposedly stop bleedingof son Alexei
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MORE
PROBLEMSRasputin helped
Alex make baddecisions,causing military
& eco disaster&making peopleangry w/ Czar.
Aristocrats killRasputin.
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The DUMA, (legislativebody), met March 12th
1917 even though Czar hadgotten rid of Duma
Set up a provisional govt &asked Czar to step down.
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MARCH REVOLUTION-
10,000 female factoryworkers strike inPetrograd, upset w/
bread rationing.
Call for general strike.
Soldiers sent to stop it,end up joining in.
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NewProvisional
Govt headed byALEXANDER
KERENSKYMade mistakeof staying in
WWI, upsetingpeasantsworkers.
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The SOVIETS- city
councils of workers &soldiers, challenged
new govt overdecisions
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VLADIMIR
LENIN was theleader of theBolsheviks(Communists)
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Believed in bookCOMMUNIST
MANIFESTO byKARL MARXwhich saidProletariat (poorworkers) will
overthrowbourgeoisie (richowners)
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Most
Bolshevikswere were
lower class& had new
radicalideas.
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Bolsheviks promise to
end war, redistributeland to poor, give
factories to committees& govt power to Soviets(the councils).
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Oct 1917, the
Bolsheviks hada majority in 2importantSoviets(Moscow &
Petrograd, ledby LeonTrotsky).
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Bolsheviks (now called
Communists)Treaty of Brest-Litovskgave Germany land to get
out of war humiliatingRussia : Poland, Finland,
Ukraine & Baltics.
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Many oppose
Communists(Cossacks,
liberals,socialists).
Allies sendtroops & supplies tofight Communists.
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April 1918
royal familyjailed.Murdered
on July 16th(or are
they?)
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COMMUNIST RED ARMY
1918-1921:Communist
Red Armyfightsagainst Anti-CommunistWhite Army.
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By 1920,
White army isdefeated.
& Communiststake overUkraine,
Georgia,Azerbaijan &Armenia
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RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR
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DONT WRITE
Trotsky wasbrilliant
Had single-
minded purposeAnti-communistdisorganized &
not unitedAllies were hatedfor supporting
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