The Russian Revolution
Introduction
The Russian Revolution occurred in the year 1917. In March the
Russian people overthrew their Tsar, six months later the
Provisional government was overthrown and replaced by a
Communist dictatorship. This revolution would lead to the rise of
Communism and begin a new type of war that would last for over
70 years: The Cold War.
Czar
Nicholas
II
Provisional
Government
Communist
Dictatorship
Lenin
Stalin
Trotsky
Tsar Nicholas
II
* Born: 1868
* Tsar: 1894 - 1917
More interested in
the war, then what
was happening to
his Russian people.
Alexandra
* Born: 1872
* Born in Germany
Why do you think the
Russian people didn’t
like her?
Anastasia
* Survived Massacre?
* London Bank Account
* Anna Anderson
Rasputin
(Gregory Efivich Rasputin)
*Able to cure Alexsei’s
bleeding?
* Alcoholic, womanizer,
power hungry.
* Because of his relation with
Alexandra, he became
the most powerful man
in Russia!
Rasputin
* Murdered by the Grand Duke Pavelovich.
* Poisoned, shot, beaten with chain,...death by drowning!
Causes of the Russian Revolution
* Everyone unhappy- peasants,
workers, army, intelligentsia,
bourgeoisie and aristocracy.
Reasons for each?
* 1905 Revolution
* World War One
Defeats
Losses of over 10
million
Food shortages
Nicholas at the Front
* Hatred of Alexandra
Rasputin
“Bloody Sunday” 1905
Provisional Government
* Alexander Kerensky
* Duma (1st Parliament)
* Biggest Mistake was…
Bolshevik Revolution (November 6)
Lenin returns from exile
with the help of
Germany.
* Provisional Government overthrown
•Kerensky flees to the United States
•Signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, Russia was
out of the war.
Russian Civil War (1918 - 1922)
* * Red Army led by Trotsky.
*White Army (Supportedby…)
Great Britain
France
United States
Red Army Wins!
“Kill the Capitalists….or the capitalists will kill you”
* Establishment of the first Communist State
Union Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
* What is Marxism/Leninism ?
Death and succession of Lenin
* Lenin dies of Stroke - 1924
* Power Struggle - Trotsky and Stalin
* Trotsky exiled and assassinated
* Stalin: Paranoia / Purges /
World War Two/ Cold War
Death - 1953
END