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Russia signaled her withdrawal from World War One soon after the October Revolution of 1917, and the country turned in on itself with a bloody civil war between the Bolsheviks and the conservative White Guard. In March 1917, the first of two revolutions would topple the Romanov dynasty and pave the way for even more radical changes.
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At the beginning of the 1900s, Russia had many political, economic, and social problems. Tsar Nicholas II resisted change. Marxists tried to ignite revolution among the proletariat. World War I quickly strained Russian resources.
By March 1917, disasters on the battle- field and shortages at home brought the monarchy to collapse, and the tsar abdicated. While politicians set up a temporary government, revolutionary socialists set up soviets, or councils of workers and soldiers. These radical socialists were called Bolsheviks and were led by V. I. Lenin. Lenin believed revolution could bring change. Leon Trotsky, another Marxist leader, helped Lenin lead the fight. To the weary Russian people, Lenin promised “Peace, Land, and Bread.”
In November 1917, Lenin and the Bolsheviks, renamed Communists, overthrew the government and seized power. After the Bolshevik Revolution, events in Russia led to the nation’s withdrawal from World War I. After the withdrawal, civil war raged for three years between the Communist “Reds” and the “White” armies of tsarist imperial officers. The Russians now fought only among themselves.
The Communists shot the former tsar and his family. They organized the Cheka, a brutal secret police force, to control their own people. Trotsky kept Red Army officers under the close watch of commissars—Communist Party officials. The Reds’ position in the center of Russia gave them a strategic advantage, and they defeated the White armies.
After the civil war, Lenin had to rebuild a shattered state and economy. The new nation was called the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), or Soviet Union. The Communist constitution set up an elected legislature. All political power, resources, and means of production would now belong to workers and peasants. In reality, however, the Communist Party, not the people, had all the power. Lenin did, however, allow some capitalist ventures that helped the Soviet economy recover. After Lenin’s death, party leader Joseph Stalin took ruthless steps to win total control of the nation.
By March 1917, disasters on the battle- field and shortages at home brought the monarchy to collapse, and the tsar abdicated. While politicians set up a temporary government, revolutionary socialists set up soviets, or councils of workers and soldiers. These radical socialists were called Bolsheviks and were led by V. I. Lenin. Lenin believed revolution could bring change. Leon Trotsky, another Marxist leader, helped Lenin lead the fight. To the weary Russian people, Lenin promised “Peace, Land, and Bread.”
In November 1917, Lenin and the Bolsheviks, renamed Communists, overthrew the government and seized power. After the Bolshevik Revolution, events in Russia led to the nation’s withdrawal from World War I. After the withdrawal, civil war raged for three years between the Communist “Reds” and the “White” armies of tsarist imperial officers. The Russians now fought only among themselves.
The Communists shot the former tsar and his family. They organized the Cheka, a brutal secret police force, to control their own people. Trotsky kept Red Army officers under the close watch of commissars—Communist Party officials. The Reds’ position in the center of Russia gave them a strategic advantage, and they defeated the White armies.
After the civil war, Lenin had to rebuild a shattered state and economy. The new nation was called the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), or Soviet Union. The Communist constitution set up an elected legislature. All political power, resources, and means of production would now belong to workers and peasants. In reality, however, the Communist Party, not the people, had all the power. Lenin did, however, allow some capitalist ventures that helped the Soviet economy recover. After Lenin’s death, party leader Joseph Stalin took ruthless steps to win total control of the nation.
1. What brought about the tsar’s abdication and the end of the monarchy in Russia?
2. What were "Bolsheviks" and who led them?
3. What did Lenin promise to the Russian people?
4. What did the Communists organize to control their own people?
5. Who really controlled all political power, resources and means of production? EXPLAIN!
2. What were "Bolsheviks" and who led them?
3. What did Lenin promise to the Russian people?
4. What did the Communists organize to control their own people?
5. Who really controlled all political power, resources and means of production? EXPLAIN!
Vladimir Lenin overthrew Russian Czar Nicholas II and founded the Soviet Union, forever changing the course of Russian politics. But was he a hero who toppled an oppressive tyranny or a villain who replaced it with another?
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6. What was life like for Russian workers in the Soviet Union?
7. What happened to Lenin’s brother?
8. What did the Bolsheviks do to the Tsar’s family?
9. Who replaced Lenin as the leader of the Soviet Union?
10. Was Lenin a hero or a villain? EXPLAIN!
Identify the items below and tell me what they are!
1. Proletariat
2. Soviet
3. Cheka
4. Commissar
5. Tsar
6. Gregory Rasputin
7. Vladimir Lenin
8. Bolshevik
9. Joseph Stalin
10. Leon Trotsky
1. Proletariat
2. Soviet
3. Cheka
4. Commissar
5. Tsar
6. Gregory Rasputin
7. Vladimir Lenin
8. Bolshevik
9. Joseph Stalin
10. Leon Trotsky