The Russian Revolution

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The Russian Revolution
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I. World War I

• Failing Power
• Military Supplies
• Economy
• Ruling Family
• Nicholas II and Alexandra
• Alexi
• Rasputin

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I. World War I

• Failing Power
• Military Supplies
• Economy
• Ruling Family
• Nicholas II and Alexandra
• Alexi
• Rasputin

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I. World War I

• C. March 1917St. Petersburg
• 1. Bread RiotPolice Response
• 2. Czars Abdication
• 3. Provisional Government
• a. Alexander Kerensky
• b. SovietsElection in November
• c. The War

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II. Lenin and the Bolshevik Revolution

• Vladimir Ilyich UlyanovLenin1870-1924
• Exiled Since 1895
• LeninismBolshevik Party
• Vanguard of the Proletariat
• Dictatorship of the Proletariat
• Re-Education
• Return to Russia

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II. Lenin and the Bolshevik Revolution

• B. Bolshevik RevolutionMensheviks
• November 1917 Election
• Coup detatNov. 1917
• ElectionResults and Switch
• C. Civil War
• 1. Reds vs. Whites
• 2. Leon Trotsky
• 3. Western Aid
• 4. Red Victory1920

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III. Lenin in Charge

• Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• Re-Education of the Masses
• Cheka
• Anti-Revolutionaries
• Political FreedomWhy Not?
• New Economic PolicyNEP
• Initially Public Ownership of Property
• NEP
• Major Industries
• Limited Capitalism

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III. Lenin in Charge

• C. Lenins Death1924
• 1. Assassination and Stroke
• 2. Power StruggleWhat Next?
• a. Leon Trotsky
• b. Stalin

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III. Lenin in Charge

• C. Lenins Death1924
• 1. Assassination and Stroke
• 2. Power Struggle What Next?
• a. Leon Trotsky
• b. Stalin