WHII 10c

Russian Revolution (1917)

Causes of the Russian Revolution 1917

l  The Russian Revolution put absolute monarch Tsar Nicholas II in J.A.I.L.

Causes of the Russian Revolution 1917

l  J=Japan humiliates Russia in Russo-Japanese War (1905)

l  Russia loses out on Manchuria and Korea

Causes of the Russian Revolution 1917

l  A=Abundance of military defeats and high casualties in WWI

l  Lost many battles, many soldiers had no weapons

Causes of the Russian Revolution 1917

l  I=Incompetence of Tsar Nicholas II l  bread and fuel shortages – Tsar couldn’t help his

country l  Led to first revolution where an unsuccessful

democratic provisional government replaced Tsarist regime

Causes of the Russian Revolution 1917

l  L=Landless peasants wanted their own land l  Peasants worked on land they didn’t own l  Sharp class divisions existed between the

nobility and peasants

Rise of Communism l  Vladimir Lenin - Led Bolshevik(Communist) party in Russia - promised peace, land and bread -  led Bolshevik Revolution in 1917

Rise of Communism l  Vladimir Lenin - Bolsheviks overthrew Russia's provisional

government - defeated anti-communists in Russian Civil War

Rise of Communism l  Russia drops out of WWI (1917) ‏l  Becomes U.S.S.R.(Soviet Union) ‏l  Lenin’s plan =New Economic Policy (NEP) l  Allowed some capitalism to help transition into a communist country