Russian Revolution 1917

Quick Timeline of Events:

1. 1613 – 1913: 300 years of Romanov rule 2. March (Feb.) 1917 Revolution – leads to the formation of a Provisional Government 3. November (Oct.) 1917 Revolution – Bolsheviks (Communists) seize power with Lenin as their leader 4. Russian Civil War (1918 – 1921): REDS (Bolsheviks) vs. WHITES (Mensheviks (moderate socialists) and Royalists (those loyal to the Tsar) and Allied Powers)

I. Pre-War 1913 a. Industrial Growth

b. Agriculture

c. Army and Navy growing

d. Need ????????????

II. War Breaks Out (Aug. 1914) a. War

b. Corruption

c. Rasputin and royal family III. The Two Revolutions of 1917 a. March (Feb.) 1917 Revolution i. Causes:

ii. Tsar abdicates the throne

iii. Provisional government 1. Wanted to ______

2. Made up of Royalist (those loyal to the Tsar), Mensheviks (moderate socialists), and Bolsheviks (Communists – radical)

3. Led by Alexander Kerensky

4. Made up of members elected by SOVIETS (councils that represented workers, cities, army brigades, and other areas of Russia that elected members to the government)

5. Changes made:

iv. Bolsheviks gain support and power using simple tactics 1. Use Lenin’s very appealing slogan a. “______” b. Each part appeals to whom????

ii.

iii.

iv. 2. Keep opponents and supporters of opponents from voting by ???

3. By elections of Oct. 1917, 385 of the 562 soviet delegates are Bolsheviks a. They dominate the government

b. November (Oct.) 1917 Revolution i. Bolsheviks take control of government with ______

ii. Conditions in Russia REMAIN poor

iii. Bolsheviks end war with Germany 1917 1. Sign the Brest-Litovsk Treaty surrendering to Germany a. Gives up 25% of Russian land

IV. Russian Civil War (1918-1921) a. REDS (Bolsheviks – Communists) vs. WHITES (Mensheviks (moderate socialists) and Royalists (those loyal to the Tsar) and Allied Powers) i. Allies join the White forces because ????

b. Reason the WHITES are NOT successful i. White forces are divided

c. Despite smaller numbers the REDS (Bolsheviks) will win the Russian Civil War and Lenin become the leader i. By 1922 the former Russian area of the Ukraine merged with Russia to create the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) V. Lenin and the USSR a. New Economic Policy (NEP) i. To restore the economy Lenin will ______ii. Goes against many communist fundamental ideas in an attempt to restore production 1.

a. In communism, both of these would be controlled completely by

______

iii. Regarded as ______