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Sverdlev Square Moscow Leon Trotsky is standing beside the podium The Russian Revolution R esentment of the Tsarist regime following the failures in the RussoJapanese War 19045 the brutal suppression of the Revolution of 1905 and economic and social troubles finally burst into open resistance as Russia experienced catastrophic losses during the First World War . утро. Nikolai Dmitriyevich Kondratieff. March 4, 1892 – September 17, 1938. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin April 22, 1870 – January 21, 1924. “The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.”. Pre-Revolutionary Russia. Only true . autocracy/monarchy . left in Europe. No type of representative political institutions. Nicholas II became tsar in 1884. Believed he was the absolute . ruler. Russo-Japanese War (1904) – defeat led to . Monica Ellen Rizzo. The Tsars. The Long Dynasty. Ivan IV the Terrible1533–15841530. Theodore I1584–15981557. Boris Godunov1598–1605c.1551. Theodore II1605–16051589. Demetrius I. 2. 1605–1606?. Before World War I. Europeans were enjoying greater peace. There hadn’t been a major war in Europe in almost a century. There was discontent in Turkey, Mexico, China, and Russia where . some reformers were outraged at sharp social divisions and authoritarian governments. Historiography. What you need to know. You must be aware and fully understand key historical approaches to the revolution. This is crucial for good historical writing. AND for the exam (particularly section B – part 2). Revolution. In the 1700s, Czar Peter the Great expanded & modernized Russia . Peter introduced into Russia Western style navy, fashions, & city-planning. But in the 1800s, Russia failed to keep pace with the rapid changes taking place in Western Europe . Form of socialism advocated by Karl Marx, according to Marx, class struggle was inevitable and would lead to the creation of a classless society in which all wealth and property would be owned by the community as a whole. SSWH17 The student will be able to identify the major political and economic factors that shaped world societies between World War I and World War II.. b. . Determine the causes and results of the Russian Revolution from the rise of the Bolsheviks under Lenin to Stalin’s first Five Year Plan.. Communism is sharing the means of production and its goods. Father of communism. History is the struggle of the Haves and Have . nots. The introduction of new technologies and methods of production. Started in England.. Russians . had established a sphere of influence in Manchuria and now sought Korea (which had just been acquired by Japan in the Sino-Japanese War). Sought a railroad through Manchuria to Vladivostok on the Pacific Ocean. Industrial Development. The Russian Tsars Alexander III and Nicholas II were determined that Russia must become an industrial power.. Sergei Witte. Sergei Witte, the industrialist and railroad tycoon, was appointed Finance Minister in 1892 by Alexander and would serve both Alexander III and Nicholas II.. What happened?. What was the Tsar’s response?. Impact of WWI. For Russia, WWI devastating. Nicholas II distrusted the Duma and resisted popular involvement in government . Complete control over the bureaucracy and army. Of all the Great Powers in 1914, Russia was the least able to fight a prolonged war. Although the country was rich in natural resources, industrialization remained far behind other major nations in Europe. : Determine the causes and results of the Russian Revolution from the rise of the Bolsheviks under Lenin to Stalin’s first Five Year Plan.. Vocabulary. : Russian Revolution, Bolsheviks, Lenin, Stalin, Five Year Plan.