PPT-Russian revolution

Allegory in animal farm Excerpt from the prologue Orwell seemed more candid than usual about Animal Farm when he wrote the preface for its Ukrainian edition and it reads very much like an antiSoviet tract The communist manhunts in Spain which he had narrowly escaped coincided with the Moscow purges he wrote and taught me how easily totalitarian propaganda can control the opinion of enlightened people in democratic countries. AOS1 - Revolutionary ideas, leaders, movements and events. The . Great War. How strong was Russia by 1913?. Politically:. Tsar Nicholas II’s position had stabilised, ruling in conjunction with a conservative Duma AND . 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 . . 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. A Writer’s Reflection. Reflections and thoughts from the article:. “Futurists and Others in Famished Moscow:. Radical Artists Find New Manners of Expression Amid Social Chaos”. By Oliver M. Sayler. 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). Up until early 20. th. century = Capitalism. UPPER CLASS. PEASANTS / LOWER CLASS. KARL MARX AND COMMUNISM. Middle 1800’s KM stated in his book . The Communist Manifesto . that by creating a socialist state through revolution, people could be helped.. 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 . Carson Teixeira. Quick Facts . Full Name: . Russian Federation. Population: 142.5 million. Capital: Moscow. Area: 17,075,400 square km. Major language: Russian. Major religions: Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Judaism. . Lesson 4 . Revolution in Russia . Learning Objectives. Explain the causes of the February (March) Revolution.. Describe the goals of Lenin and the Bolsheviks in the October Revolution.. Summarize the outcome of the civil war in Russia.. 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.. (1750-1914). AP World History: Chapter 18. Russia During the 19. th. Century. STILL had an absolute monarchy (the tsar). No national parliament. No political parties. No nationwide elections. Russian society = dominated by titled nobility. 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 . Russian Revolution From monarchy, Revolution, to Communism Romanov Family Tree Romanov Family Tree Chapter 7, Section 5: Russia: Reform and Reaction ( pg # 246-251) Focus Question: Why did Industrialization and reform come more slowly to Russia than to Western Europe?