PPT-World War I and the Russian Revolution (1914–1924) Topic 2 Lesson 2

World War I and the Russian Revolution 19141924 Topic 2 Lesson 2 Fighting the Great War Learning Objectives Understand how trench warfare led to a stalemate on the Western Front Identify and describe the impact of modern military technology on the fighting. 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/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. Do Now: What do you know about . the start of WWI?. The Great War. "The Great War was without precedent ... never had so many nations taken up arms at a single time. Never had the battlefield been so vast… never had the fighting been so gruesome... 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 . “Some Damned Foolish Thing in the Balkans”. Why did a world war begin in 1914?. 1. Significance of the First World War. “Thirty Years War” – Europeans wage “war of all against all” (1914-45). :. 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. . Lesson 1 . World War I Begins . Learning Objectives. Describe how imperialism, nationalism, and militarism pushed Europe closer to war.. Identify the key event that sparked World War I.. Trace how the alliance system drew nations into the war.. . Lesson 2 . Fighting the Great War . Learning Objectives. Understand how trench warfare led to a stalemate on the Western Front.. Identify and describe the impact of modern military technology on the fighting.. . 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.. Sverdlev. Square, Moscow. Leon Trotsky is standing beside the podium. . The Russian Revolution. R. esentment of the Tsarist regime following the failures in the Russo-Japanese War (1904-5), 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. . : 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 .