Slide 1 Slide 2 1) Who didnt attend Lenins funeral? Trotsky Slide 3 2) Why not? Stalin lied about the date, so Trotsky continued his holiday! Slide 4 3) Why was the Triumvirate…

Slide 1Orwells Animal Farm VS. The Russian Revolution Slide 2 Russian Society Russia was in an appalling state of poverty while the Tsar lived in luxury. There was tremendous…

Slide 1The Russian Revolution 1917 - 1921 Slide 2 Fall of the Tsar (Czar?) The Duma –Russia’s Congress Criticizes the war effort in 1916 Tsar Nicholas II closes it down…

Slide 1The Russian Revolution 1917 - 1921 Slide 2 Fall of the Tsar (Czar?) The __________________________ –Russia’s Congress Criticizes the war effort in 1916 Tsar Nicholas…

Slide 1Recap the Russian Revolution Slide 2 Lenin Restores Order Lenin sets out to rebuild the new USSR & its economy Lenin sets out to rebuild the new USSR & its…

Slide 1 Slide 2 As we’ve already seen there were two main contenders to rule Russia; Stalin and Trotsky. They both had very different ideas about how Russian should be…

Slide 1Animal Farm by George Orwell Background Notes: Russian History Slide 2 Early History Origins: tribal, nomadic people both north and south Scandinavian invasion: Vikings…

Slide 1 The Great Terror Stalin’s ‘cleansing’ of the USSR during the 1930s Slide 2 The importance of the ‘Kirov Purge’  The extent of Stalin’s involvement…

Slide 1 Orwell’s Animal Farm VS. The Russian Revolution Mr. White Slide 2 Russian Society Russia was in an appalling state of poverty while the Tsar lived in luxury. There…

Slide 1 LEFT-WING INTELLECTUALS IN THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC: Many thrilled to the slogans of the Comintern but sensed at some point that the USSR stifled creativity Slide 2 Joseph…