Long Term Causes of the Russian The Tsar and Russia Key individuals Year 8 Half Term 4 Knowledge Organiser Revolution Tsar Russia was ruled by a king (Tsar) and his Russia in Revolution Russian Society The majority of Russians (over 10 million) Nicholas family. In 1914 the Tsar was Nicholas II. Many historians dispute the causes of in 1914 were still PEASANTS In the western cities the Revolution but here are the main there were factory workers, merchants, The In Russia the Communist Party were known as the Key words and terms bankers and a more modern society. Communists . They believed in equality for all and believed Autocracy A system of government where the Tsar should be overthrown. Their leader was Vladimir causes: the country is ran by one person. • Weak ‐ Russia was militarily weak. It had lost a war with Tsar Nicholas The Tsar had absolute power and ruled Lenin. Japan in 1904. and his rule of like a medieval monarch. The problem . • Revolutionaries ‐ for instance, the Social Revolutionaries Russia was he wasn’t a very good leader! Whilst Bolsheviks The dominant Communist party in most of the country was desperately poor Lenin The Bolshevik leader who led the and Russia before the war. Came to power and the Marxists ‐ split into the who wanted ruled Russia until his death in 1924 peaceful change and the Bolsheviks who wanted a he was INCREDIBLY wealthy. The Tsar after the October Revolution in 1917. revolution. ruled Russia through his control of the he Bourgeois Members of the Middle Class who • Bourgeois ‐ the representatives of the new middle class Church, Government and the Army Rasputin RASPUTIN was a monk who claimed to be a mystic with owned factories and small businesses. industrialists. They called themselves the Kadets and Tsar and WW1 As Russia became involved in WW1 the ‘special powers’. He claimed he could heal the Tsar’s son. This group believed in democracy and wanted Russia to have a constitution like England's Tsar took personal charge of the Army. He the role of an elected parliament in • Proletariat ‐ Russia was industrialising and the workers, wasn’t very good! The Russians suffered Russia. eg in St Petersburg, were poor and oppressed. On Bloody huge losses and the Tsar was blamed. Stalin Soviet (Russian) dictator who ruled from 1924‐ Sunday 1905, they went on a peaceful march to ask the Communism A belief that land and wealth should Added to this was the Tsarina’s 1953. He emerged as the all‐powerful dictator tsar to help them, but the Cossacks attacked them be shared equally across all members mishandling of the government and the after Lenin’s death and ruled through fear and • Autocracy ‐ the government of Russia, which Nicholas of the society. These beliefs influence of Rasputin terror ruled over alone, was far too much work for one man. commonly held by working classes. Dictatorship All powerful leader who has complete Russia in Revolution control over a country, often having taken power by force 1905 Revolution The Communist Communists in Power Stalin’s Dictatorship Duma Russian Parliament 1917 revolution in 1918‐1921 Dual Government The Provisional Government created after October 1917 the February Revolution in 1917. This worked closely the Russian Parliament and In 1904, Nicholas lost a Russia was losing the The Bolsheviks finally The Bolshevik In 1929 when Stalin came Under Stalin Russia the communist soviets created during the war with Japan, which First World War. took power in October takeover angered many to power, he had some industrialised rapidly. February Revolution. undermined his Workers and soldier's 1917 when they Russians who had been strong ideas about what There was rapid change in Proletariat Working class – this group or authority. In 1905, went on strike as they stormed the Winter prepared to accept the he wanted. He wanted to agriculture too with normally factory workers. a peaceful were sick of the Palace in St. Petersburg. Provisional Government. make the a peasants forced to work Serf Slave workers who worked as demonstration of leadership of the Tsar. They were not the only The country split into two powerful nation. He also on large collective farms. farmers for members of the workers were attacked The Duma took control group who wanted to groups; the Reds who made himself all These changes were nobility. by the Tsar’s followers. to create a Provisional take power. However, supported the powerful, removing any enforced by the use of The atrocity led Government to work the Revolution didn’t communists and the opposition and making terror. In the Purges Soviets A community and a committee of to strikes and riots as with the Soviets created just happen overnight! whites who supported himself a DICTATOR. millions died or were workers, soldiers and members of the the. Workers and around Russia. This was They finally had capitalism. The Reds . imprisoned working class who represent them politically. soldiers created Dual Government complete control over defeated the Whites and Soviets. Nicholas disastrous. Its poor Russia after the Civil Russia became a Soviet Union After the October 1917 Revolution, the survived ‐ just! He leadership led to a War 1918‐21 communist country. Communists named Russia and the published the 'October growth in support for other areas it controlled the Soviet Manifesto', which Lenin. Union. promised to create Tsar All powerful Monarch or Emperor a Duma (parliament). of Russia . Long Term Causes of the Russian The Tsar and Russia Key individuals Year 8 Half Term 4 Knowledge Organiser Revolution Tsar Russia was ruled by a king (Tsar) and his Russia in Revolution Russian The most Russians were PEASANTS. Nicholas family. In 1914 the Tsar was Nicholas II. Many historians dispute the causes of Society in In the western cities there were the Revolution but here are the main 1914 factory workers, bankers and a more The In Russia the Communist Party were known Key words and terms causes: modern society. Communists as the Bolsheviks. They believed everyone should be equal and there should not be a • Weak ‐ Russia had a weak army. It had lost a war Tsar Nicholas The Tsar had total power. The Tsar. Autocracy A country that is ran by one with Japan in 1904. and his rule problem was he wasn’t a very good person. • Revolutionaries ‐ There were lots of different of Russia leader! Lenin The Bolshevik leader who led the October groups who wanted Russia to change. Whilst most of the country was Revolution and ruled Russia until his death in Bolsheviks The main Communist party in • Bourgeois ‐ the representatives of the new middle desperately poor he was very rich. 1924. Russia before the war. Came class. They called themselves the Kadets and to power after the October wanted Russia to be like Britian. Rasputin RASPUTIN was a monk who claimed to be a Tsar and As Russia became involved in WW1 • Proletariat ‐ Russia was building more factories mystic with ‘special powers’. He claimed he Revolution in 1917. WW1 the Tsar took control of the Army. He and the workers were poor. On Bloody Sunday could heal the Tsar’s son. wasn’t very good! The Russians lost a Bourgeois Members of the Middle Class 1905, they went on a peaceful march to ask the lot and the Tsar was blamed. who owned factories and tsar to help them, but the Cossacks attacked them. Stalin Soviet (Russian) dictator who ruled from • Autocracy ‐ the government of Russia which 1924‐ 1953. He ruled through fear and small businesses. terror. Nicholas ruled over alone. Communism A belief that land and wealth should be shared by everyone.

Russia in Revolution Dictatorship All powerful leader who has 1905 Revolution February Revolution The Communist Russian Civil War Communists in Power Stalin’s Dictatorship complete control over a 1917 revolution in 1918‐1921 country, often having taken October 1917 power by force. Duma Russian Parliament In 1904, Nicholas lost a Russia was losing the The Bolsheviks took The Bolshevik In 1929 when Stalin Under Stalin, Russia got war with Japan, which First World War. power in October 1917 takeover angered many came to power, he had more factories. Proletariat Working class. made him look weak. Workers and soldier's when they stormed Russians who had been some strong ideas about In 1905, a peaceful went on strike as they the Winter Palace in St. prepared to accept the what he wanted. There was lots of change Serf Slave workers who worked as demonstration of were sick of the Petersburg. Provisional Government. in farming too. farmers for the rich. workers were attacked leadership of the Tsar. He wanted to make the Peasants were forced to Soviets A group of workers, soldiers by the Tsar’s followers. They were not the only The country split into Soviet Union a powerful work on big farms. The Duma took group who wanted to two groups; the Reds country. and members of the working The demonstration led control to create a take power. and the Whites who These changes were class who represent them to strikes and riots as Provisional wanted different things. He also made himself all made by the use of politically. the. Workers and Government to work They finally had powerful, removing any terror. In the Purges Soviet Union After the October 1917 soldiers created with the Soviets. complete control over The Reds defeated the opposition and making millions died or were Revolution, ,the Communists Soviets. Nicholas Russia after the Civil Whites. himself a DICTATOR. imprisoned. named Russia and the other promised to create Its poor leadership led War 1918‐21. . areas it controlled the Soviet a Duma (parliament). to a growth in support for Lenin. Union. Tsar King of Russia .