PPT-The Russian Revolution

PreRevolutionary Russia Only true autocracymonarchy left in Europe No type of representative political institutions Nicholas II became tsar in 1884 Believed he was the absolute ruler RussoJapanese War 1904 defeat led to . Russian Martial Art: ROSS Seminar Saturday, August 7 from 10am to 4pm Contact: Arthur Rowell Phone (601) 410-0732 Email: adrowell@gmail.com 1856: End of Crimean war. 1861: Emancipation of the serfs. 1864: . Zemstva. set up; reform of judicial system. 1881: 1 March: Alexander II assassinated. 1893-1903: Witte as finance minister, industrialisation. 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.. 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?. 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.. Tanisha . Kindley. , Alexandra Cannon, . Andrew Tang, & . Jasmine Gosha. Before the industrial revolution had an “absolute monarch and the state had more control over the citizens than anywhere else in the Western world”. 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.. 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. :. 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 – it’s big. Problems with Size of Russia. 5000 miles . 1/6 of world’s surface. Multiple ethnic groups and languages. Much of landmass has 6 months of had winter. City-states. Demographics/Economics c.1900. 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. 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.. 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? 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 .