The Russian Civil War
and The Rise of Stalin
The Russian Civil War
The Rise of Vladimir Lenin
The Rise of Joseph Stalin
The Russian Civil War
WWI, famine and civil war
effected Russia’s
industrial ability
Should Russia be a
government run industry
or a capitalistic economy?
Lenin will seek balance
by allowing moderate
unions and an economy
controlled by government
It will fail
The Rise of Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin would take
a revolutionary stance
after his brother’s
execution
He will be expelled from
college and exiled to
Serbia in 1895-1900 for
his Marxist leanings
He will return to Russia
during the Revolution in
1917 and successfully
become dictator but not
by his leadership
The Rise of Vladimir Lenin
Under Lenin Russia
will
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Withdraw from fighting
against Germany in
WWI
Nationalize banks and
the economy
Religion will be
abolished
Distribute land to the
peasants
The Rise of Vladimir Lenin
Lenin will attempt to
spread communism in
Europe but will fail
He succeeded in bringing
extensive nationalization
to industry and food
distribution
Lenin consolidated local,
regional and central
politics to follow
communistic doctrine
The Russian Civil War
1918, Lenin is the target of
a failed assassination
The Lenin led government
launches the “Red Terror”
and has over 300,000
suspected sympathizers
executed
The Russian Civil War will
be waged between the
White Army who seek a
return to Tsarist rule and the
Red Army that is protecting
communist rule and hoping
to spread as well
The White Army will inflect brutality on its own people with mass
torture and executions
Lenin will attempt to spread communism in Europe but will be easily
repulsed by Poland
The U.S., France, Britain and Japan will provide assistance to the
White Army because they fear communism in Russia
Russia does annex Georgia and Armenia
The Rise of Vladimir Lenin
Lenin will die in 1924 of a
stroke
Prior to his death Lenin
had written a testament
stating that Joseph Stalin
be removed from the
party
Stalin supporters will
conceal this document
and this assures Stalin’s
rise to Secretary General
of the Communist Party
The Rise of Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin was born into
a poor class family,
He was fascinated with
stories dealing with
overcoming insurmountable
odds
He is a harsh man, he does
not attend his mothers
funeral and he does not
attempt to retrieve his son
from a prisoner of war camp
in 1917
The Rise of Joseph Stalin
Stalin rises through the
ranks of politics through
ruthlessness and cunning
He played his opponents
against one another and
he used his poor
background to appeal to
the people
During the Russian
Revolution he will serve
as a commissar
He achieves complete
power by arresting or
executing his supporters
who put him in power
The Rise of Joseph Stalin
He will put the country on
a crash course of
collectivization in which
the Russian state would
feed itself
The Agriculture sector will
be moved to working in
heavy industry, this will
cause low food
production and starvation
14 million are believed to
have been killed because
of this program
The Rise of Joseph Stalin
He achieves complete
power by purging the
ranks of his supporters
who put him in power
Grand trials will be held in
the public, this instills fear
and at the same time
loyalty
In 1929 he becomes the
Secretary General of the
Communist Party
The Rise of Joseph Stalin
“Russian Motherhood”
under the regime was
glorified as it sought to
increase its population
To increase female
participation in the
state, women were
given the right to vote
in 1920