PPT-Bread, Peace, and Land The Russian Revolution

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. Soldiers sympathetic to the Bolshevik cause carry banners bearing Marxist slogans. Lenin and his co-conspirators found a welcome audience among the Imperial troops. Sent by the czar to fighting a losing war in the freezing winter, they were quick to accept the message that they were being exploited. . Russia fights Japan in 1905, suffers a humiliating defeat.. Shows Russia to be unprepared militarily for industrial warfare.. Russia is behind in technology needed to sustain industrial warfare.. Russia had no competent military leaders.. . Pre-Revolutionary Russia. Only true autocracy left in Europe. No type of representative political institutions. Nicholas II became tsar in 1884. Believed he was the absolute ruler anointed by God. By: Juan Carlos Pineda. Card 1. Source: . http://www.marxists.org/archive/reed/1919/aspects.htm. Subject:. Russian Society Social aspect before the Revolution of 1905. Keywords: . Russian Revolution, Bolshevism, freedom, labor, exploiters.. 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. How did it start?. Although . started in 1917 due to the hatred of the Czars in Russia . and their . autocracy (government = total power) . citizens had been planning a revolution for a long . time.. the usually violent attempt by many people to end the rule of one government and start a new one. a . sudden, extreme, or complete change in the way people live, work, etc.. the . action of moving around something in a path that is similar to a . The Russian Revolution. Germany declares war on Russia, therefore uprising a sense of patriotism among the Russian people.. Russian troops marching. Czar Nicholas II disappoints the people of Russia by being corrupt and failing to meet their needs.. :. Smith, et al., 902-904, 932-934. Peter Builds New Capital. Nicholas I (1825-1855). Hated Industrial Revolution and French Revolution. Wanted to make world safe for autocracy. Fought against progress in Russia and Europe. Russia was an agricultural nation through the 1800’s, and did not really industrialize. Serfdom was still widespread. There was a large income gap between the wealthy landowners (Boyers) and the poor. What events and people helped cause the Russian Revolution?. Causes. Russian economy is weak/no food. Tsar Nicholas II an ineffective leader. Bloody Sunday – people lose faith in the Tsar. Provisional . 1 What was the cause of the 1905 Revolution? Battleship Potemkin How is the Tsarist regime shown? US Doc Nicholas II to Bloody Sunday 2 Key Timeline : 1881 to 95 Alexander III = reaction, crushing opposition : 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. Part-3. Dr.Vishwajeet Singh Parmar. Ancient Indian History Culture & Archaeology. Vikram University,Ujjain (M.P.). On November 6 and 7, 1917 (or October 24 and 25 on the Julian Calendar, which is why the event is often referred to as the .