Russian Revolution

Paper Clip GameCapitalist Version

Paper Clip GameCommunist Version

3What will we learn today?10.3.6 Communism as opposed to capitalism10.5.3 How the Russian Revolution affected WWI10.6.3 Disillusionment and the void filled by dictators10.7.1 Causes and consequences of the Russian Revolution10.7.2 Trace Stalins rise to power and analyze his regime10.7.3 The rise, aggression, and human costs of totalitarian regimes.Unit 6: Russian Revolution and 1920sReflect on the rock paper scissor game. What usually happened? Was the communist system more fair? Explain.

14.1 Revolutions in RussiaAssignment:

Describe the autocratic methods of Alexander III and the economic changes under Nicholas II. Explain the crises that paved the way for the March Revolution and the end of czarist rule. Summarize the Bolshevik Revolution and its outcome. Explain Lenins reforms and Stalins rise.Objectives

How did the events of the Russian Revolution both help and hurt Russia?Essential Question

Long-term social unrest in Russia exploded in revolution, and ushered in the first Communist government.The Big Idea

Nicholas soon lost control. Strikes, revolts and protests led to the March Revolution of 1917.Revolution

Women who worked in factories in Petrograd (St. Petersburg) stood in line after a 12 hour shift to purchase insanely priced bread. 10,000 women marched with the slogan Peace and BreadThe women were joined by other workers creating a general strike. Czars solution was to fire upon the crowds but the soldiers joined the movement instead!

THE MARCH REVOLUTION

1917- Czar Nicholas is forced to abdicate his throneIn prison in the Winter PalaceCzar Abdicates

No more servants to do their work

A year after the Czar abdicated the entire royal family was murdered

Execution of the Romanovs

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Checking for UnderstandingWhy did the Czar get rid of the Duma?He did not want to share power

Checking for UnderstandingWhy did the royal family put their trust in Rasputin?He was able to ease Alexis symptoms.

Checking for UnderstandingWhat does abdicate mean?To give up the throneRasputin SongThere lived a certain man in Russia long agoHe was big and strong in his eyes a flaming glowMost people looked at him with terror and with fearBut to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dearHe could preach the bible like a preacher, full of ecstasy and fireBut he also was the kind of teacher women would desire

Ra-Ra-RasputinLover of the Russian queenThere was a cat that really was goneRa-Ra-RasputinRussia's greatest love machineIt was a shame how he carried on

He ruled the Russian land, and never mind the CzarBut the Cossachok he danced really wunderbarAll affairs of state, he was the man to pleaseBut he was real great when he had a girl to squeezeFor the queen he was no wheeling-dealer, though she heard the things he'd doneShe believed he was a holy healer who would heal her son

Ra-Ra-RasputinLover of the Russian queenThere was a cat that really was goneRa-Ra-RasputinRussia's greatest love machineIt was a shame how he carried on

But when his drinking and lusting, and his hunger for power became known to more and more people, the demands to do something about this outrageous man became louder and louder...

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

"This man's just gotta go," declared his enemies,But the ladies begged, "don't you try to do it, please!"No doubt this Rasputin had lots of hidden charmsThough he was a brute they just fell into his armsThen one night some men of higher standingSet a trap, they're not to blame"Come to visit us," they kept demanding, and he really came.

Ra-Ra-RasputinLover of the Russian queenThey put some poison into his wine.

Ra-Ra-RasputinRussia's greatest love-machineHe drank it all and said: "I feel fine."

Ra-Ra-RasputinLover of the Russian queenThey didn't quit, they wanted his head

Ra-Ra-RasputinRussia's greatest love machineAnd so they shot him till he was dead.

Oh, those Russians!

14.1 ContinuedAssignment 2:

Year later revolutionaries executed Nicholas and his familyMarch Revolution succeeded in bringing down the Czar yet it failed to set up a strong government to replace it

17The family was awakened early on July 17th and taken to the basement.Initially told they were being taken for protection from gunshots being fired in the city they were read an execution order.All eleven people were shot. Jewels hidden in their clothing protected the Grand Duchesses from bullets and they were also bayoneted.Accounts recently surfacing following the end of the Cold War indicate very a very brutal massacre.The bodies were taken by truck to the forest where they were first hidden in a mine shaft.Deciding this wouldnt work they were exhumed the next day and buried in another grave that was not found until 1991.

Involvement in WWICorruption of Rasputin Lack of political leadershipMarxist RevolutionariesCzar Nicholas II lost his monarchy for the following reasons

Provisional government was established, headed by Alexander Kerensky.Continued fighting WWIBAD idea lost supportProvisional GovernmentStay fighting in the war

Demanded landCity workers grew more radicalSoviets were formed local city councils consisting of workers, peasants, and soldiersA political challenge erupted from local SovietsLater, this group became stronger and were labeled as Bolsheviks.Angry Peasants

German military leaders shipped Lenin to Russia from Switzerland by rail to create disorder within Russia. Germany arranged Lenins return to Russia after many years in exileApril 1917: Traveled in a sealed railroad boxcar

Lenin Returns to Russia

Lenin revitalized slogans from the mad mothers march to influence RussiansPeace, Land, Bread Nov. 1917- armed workers took control of government offices.Kerenskys reign had ended

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BOLSHEVIKS REFLECT THE PEOPLES NEEDS AND DISCONTENTA COUP WITHOUT BLOODSHED - Lenin takes over the provisional government at the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg on November 6, 1917.Bolsheviks renamed themselves the Communists after Marxist ideas. Lenin had promised peace so he signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk which took Russia out of WWICheka (secret police)- used terror tactics against enemies of BolshevismBOLSHEVIKS SEIZE POWER

Lenin hoped that the Russian Revolution of 1917 would incite similar socialist rebellions throughout Europe

CIVIL WAR:VS Red army was associated with Bolshevik, communism and pro-Lenin White army was associated with Anti-communism, loyal Czarists, and anti-Lenin form of Socialism1918 to 1921WhiteRed

Checking for UnderstandingWhat did the provisional government want to continue that was very unpopular?World War I

Checking for UnderstandingWho sent Lenin back to Russia?Germany

Checking for UnderstandingWhy did they send him back?They knew hed try to get Russia out of the war.

Checking for UnderstandingWhy did Czar Nicolas II lose his monarchy?

The fighting and famine that followed killed 15 million RussiansLenins Red Army won1921 Lenin launched a new plan to rebuild the Russian economy called the New Economic PolicyAllowed some private ownershipChanged the government to the Soviet UnionBy late1920s economy was back up

Civil War Ends

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Old Flag of Russia

New Soviet FlagHammer: WorkersSickle: PeasantsStar: Communist Party

Current flag of Russia

Checking for UnderstandingWhat was Lenins plan for the economy called?New Economic Policy

Checking for UnderstandingWhat was odd about the plan?It used capitalist ideas

Checking for UnderstandingWho won the Russia Civil War?The Red Army (Bolshiviks)

Checking for UnderstandingWhat was Lenins view of Communism spreading?He hoped it would spread throughout Europe.