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Russian Revolution  1917-1918   Abbie Breidenbach, Kaicy Copley, & Devon Blackwelder



















The Russian Revolution of 1917 is also called the Bolshevik Revolution or the October Revolution. In 1917 there were actually two revolutions in Russia. One was the February Revolution in which the Tsar abdicated his throne and the Provisional Government took power. The other was the October Revolution in which the Provisional Government was overthrown by the Bolsheviks. The Russian Revolution of 1917 played a very important role in world history and also a major role in the history of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Baltic peoples also played a major role in the 1917 Revolution, particularly the Latvian Bolsheviks who comprised a key portion of the Red Guards that defended the Bolsheviks at a crucial time in its early existence. Earlier, during the 1905 Revolution in Russia, the peasants in the Baltic took this as their cue to revolt against their rulers. At different times in history, the Estonian and Latvian peasants had been ruled by Tsarist Russia, the Kingdom of Sweden, and the Baltic German nobility; Lithuanian peasants were governed by Russia and before it, by the Kingdom of Poland (1569 to 1791). They saw this time period as an opportunity to finally take control over their destiny and to rule them selves. Though it didn't lead to independence at this time, it independence did emerge from 1918 till 1940 for the people of the Baltic States.

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Timeline 1896-Czar Nicholas 2 is crowned Czar of Russia. 1903-Bloody Sunday 1914-World war 1 begins 1915-Czar Nicholas II assumes supreme command of the Russian Army 1916-Rasputin Murdered 1917-strikes and demonstrations in Petrograd 1918-The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 1920-Russian Cival War Begins 1922-Stalin appointed General Secretary 1924-Lenin Dies

10 Key Terms 1. Duma- or legislative body, which the czar had tried to dissolve, met anyway. On March 12, it established the provisional government. 2. Soviets- were councils composed of representatives from the workers and soldiers. 3. Bolsheviks-began as a small faction of a Marxist party called the Russian Social Democrats. 4. Vanguard- or forefront of activistes. Lenin said they must from a small party of well-diciplined professional revolutionaries to accomplish the task. 5. Provisional Government- formed in March 1917, Lenin saw a opportunity for the Bolsheviks to seize power. <span style="background-color: #00ffdf; color: #eb2da2; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 190%;">6.Treaty of Brest-Litovsk- On March 3, 1918, Lenin signed this with Germany and gave up eastern Poland, Ukraine, Finland and the Baltic provinces. <span style="background-color: #00ffdf; color: #eb2da2; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 190%;">7. Communist (red) Army- between 1918 and 1921, this army was forced to fight on many fronts against these opponets. <span style="background-color: #00ffdf; color: #eb2da2; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 190%;">8. Communist regime- regained contol over the independent nationalist government in Georgia, Russian Armenia and Azerbaijan. <span style="background-color: #00ffdf; color: #eb2da2; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 190%;">9.Ekaterinburg- a mining town in the Urals, In April 1918 the czar and his family were moved to this town. <span style="background-color: #00ffdf; color: #eb2da2; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 190%;">10. War communism- meant government control of banks and most industries, the seizing of grain from peasants and the centralization of state administraition under Communist control.

10 Links Czar Nicholas II-This site tells us that Nicholas was the eldest son and was married to Alexandra. Grigori Rasputin-This website talks about where he was born and when in 1868. He did attend school but never learned to read and write.

Alexander Kerensky-This tells us that he was born in Russia and in 1905 he became editor of radical newspaper. V.I. Lenin-This website talks about where he born which was Ulyanovsk in 1870. It also tells us that as a child, he very gifted and talented. Leon Trotsky-This site mentions that he was born in Russia is 1879. In 1897 he started organizing the underground South Russian workers union. Bolsheviks-This website tells us that they became the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. They came to power in Russia during the October Revolution. Soviets-This site talks about how these people held things together under the provisional government until the election of an assembly could take place. Anastasia- This website mentions how this movie is based on an urban legend, which was the youngest daughter of the last monarch of Imperial Russia. War Communism-This site tells us that this is where the government decided what and was not produced. Petrograd-This website talks about why the name of the city changed, and that was because of the breakout of WWI in 1914.

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10 Key People
 * __ Alexandra __ -Czar Nicholas 2 wife who was willful and stubborn because she had fallen under the influence of Grigor Rasputin.
 * __ Grigor Rasputin __ -Uneducated Siberian peasant who claimed to be a holy man
 * __ Alexander Kerensky __ - head of the provisional government who decided to carry on the war to preserve Russia’s honor.
 * __ V.I. Lenin __ -Bolshevik leader who made the Bolsheviks a party dedicated to violence
 * __ Leon Trotsky __ - commissar of war who reinstated the draft and insisted on rigid discipline.
 * __ Czar Nicholas 2 __ -inisted on taking personal charge of the armed forces despite his obvious lack of ability and training.
 * __ Karl Marx __ -wrote the “Communist Manifesto”
 * __ Joseph Stalin __ -created Communist imperialism to strengthen the Soviet Union.
 * __ Anastasia __ - daughter of Alexandra who made it out alive after her family was slaughtered.
 * __ Alexei- __ son of Czar Nicholas 2 and Alexandra who was shot at close range when he was 13 years old.

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