1.The Russian RevolutionHow it unfolds…2. Social CausesMost of Russia’s population was poor peasantsThere was almost no middle class, so most business owners were foreignProletariat…

Authoritarian States 1. Conservative Authoritarianism Anti-democratic Believed in avoiding change Limited in power Conservative authoritarianism alive in Eastern Europe,…

The Collapse of the Old Order, 1929-1949 Chapter 29 Lecture After World War I A âfakeâ normalcy takes place globally. The economy like a house built on quicksandâ¦looked…

Stalinâs Five Year Plan Collectivisation Stalinâs Great Turn â Why? NEP not Communist enough for rank and file communists (who Stalin depended upon) Peasantry becoming…

Russian Revolution 1917-1939 Causes for March 1917 Revolution Czars had reformed too little Peasants extremely poor Revolutionaries hatched radical plans WWI Disaster Rasputinâs…

Leninâs Successor Lenin died in 1924. He had never fully recovered from a bullet wound during an assassination attempt in 1918. When he died, Petrograd was re-named Leningrad…