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Russian Revolution. Monica Ellen Rizzo. The Tsars. The Long Dynasty. Ivan IV the Terrible1533–15841530 Theodore I1584–15981557 Boris Godunov1598–1605c.1551 Theodore II1605–16051589 Demetrius I 2 1605–1606? Basil IV Shuiski1606–1610 3 ? “Time of Troubles”1610–1613— - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Russian RevolutionMonica Ellen Rizzo
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The Tsars
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The Long Dynasty• Ivan IV the Terrible1533–15841530• Theodore I1584–15981557• Boris Godunov1598–1605c.1551• Theodore II1605–16051589• Demetrius I21605–1606?• Basil IV Shuiski1606–16103?• “Time of Troubles”1610–1613—• Michael Romanov1613–16451596
Alexis I1645–16761629Theodore III1676–16821656Ivan V1682–16895
1666Peter I the Great41682–17251672Catherine I1725–1727c.1684Peter II1727–17301715Anna1730–17401693Ivan VI1740–174161740Elizabeth1741–17621709Peter III1762–17621728Catherine II the Great1762–17961729Paul I1796–18011754Alexander I1801–18251777Nicholas I1825–18551796Alexander II1855–18811818Alexander III1881–18941845Nicholas II1894–I1801–18251777Nicholas I1825–18551796Alexander II1855–18811818Alexander III1881–18941845
• Nicholas II1894–191771868
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Czar or Tsar• Either spelling is acceptable in English• The word originated in Russian with the
Cyrillic Alphabet
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Absolute Monarchy
• The Tsars were absolute Monarchs• They ruled completely• They had no Constitution or Parliament• All power rested in the Tsar or Tsarina
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Industrial Revolution
• The Industrial Revolution came late to Russia• While other countries were advancing Russia
remained an agricultural society with a system of Lords and serfs
• Much of the peasant population suffered stark poverty
• A few Nobles and Priests lived well
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Growing Pains• As Russia began to catch up with western
Europe a small middle class and urban working class began to develop
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Revolutionary Movements
• Rapid Industrialization created discontent• Long hours in factories• Child Labor• Low wages• The government outlawed trade unions• Workers organized strikes
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Competing Marxists
• Marxist revolutionaries believed that the industrial class of workers would overthrow the Tsar
• Then these workers would form a dictatorship of the Proletariat
• The workers would rule the country
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1903• The Russian Marxists split into two parties
because they disagreed on revolutionary tactics.
• The moderate Mensheviks wanted a broad base of support for the revolution.
• The radical Bolsheviks supported a small group of committed revolutionaries willing to sacrifice everything for change.
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Why can’t we all just get along?
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Vladimir Lenin
• Born Vladimir Ulyanov changed name to Lenin
• Lenin had an engaging personality• He was an excellent organizer• And Musician…
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OOPS
• Wrong Lennon
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Lenin was also
Ruthless
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Lenin Flees
• In the early 1900’s Lenin flees to western Europe to avoid arrest by the Tsar
• He maintained contacts with the Bolsheviks• Lenin waited until it was safe to return
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Russo-Japanese War• Competition for Korea and Manchuria• Massive Russian losses• Most of the Russian Navy destroyed
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Revolution 1905• 200,000 workers and their families brought a
petition to the Tsar asking for better working conditions
• The Tsar’s soldiers fired killing 1000• An elected Duma was established but had no
real power• Moderates pushed for a constitution• The Tsar resisted
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World War 1• At first this united the Russians behind the
Tsar• Soon the war would strain the country• Millions died• Losing battles• Food and fuel shortages
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Meanwhile back at the Palace
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March or February
• In March of 1917 the monarchy collapsed• A provisional government was established
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Lenin Returns
• Peace Land and Bread• The Bolsheviks topple the provisional
government• Lenin orders all farmland distributed to the
peasants• Control of factories turned over to the workers• Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
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The Last Tsar
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Civil War
•The Whites vs. the Reds (Bolsheviks)
• Whites are very fragmented• Some want return of Tsar• Some want Democracy• Some want Socialism but not Lenin’s
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Leon Trotsky• Expertly commanded the Red army from
1918-1920• 14 million Russians died in the civil war and
the famine that followed
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Lenin Restores Order• New economic policy (small scale capitalism)• Slow recovery• Political reforms• Bolshevicks become the COMMUNIST PARTY• Union of Soviet Socialist Republics• Lenin becomes a dictator
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Stalin
• Lenin suffers a stroke and Trotsky and Stalin battle for control
• Lenin says “Comrade Stalin…has concentrated enormous power in his hands and I am not sure that he always knows how to use that power with sufficient caution.”
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Lenin had no idea…