1. RED OCTOBER:
THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
AP European History
St. Anne’s-Belfield
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2. THE HORRORS OF WORLD WAR I
OVERVIEW OF EVENTS: 1917
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3. THE HORRORS OF WORLD WAR I
OVERVIEW OF EVENTS: 1917
1917 1918
FEB APR JUN AUG OCT DEC
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4. THE HORRORS OF WORLD WAR I
OVERVIEW OF EVENTS: 1917
1917 1918
FEB APR JUN AUG OCT DEC
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5. THE HORRORS OF WORLD WAR I
OVERVIEW OF EVENTS: 1917
March 12
Establishment of
Provisional
1917 1918
FEB APR JUN AUG OCT DEC
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6. THE HORRORS OF WORLD WAR I
OVERVIEW OF EVENTS: 1917
March 12
Establishment of
Provisional
1917 1918
FEB APR JUN AUG OCT DEC
PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT
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7. THE HORRORS OF WORLD WAR I
OVERVIEW OF EVENTS: 1917
March 15
Abdication of
Nicholas II
March 12
Establishment of
Provisional
1917 1918
FEB APR JUN AUG OCT DEC
PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT
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8. THE HORRORS OF WORLD WAR I
November 6-7
Overthrow of
Provisional
Government
OVERVIEW OF EVENTS: 1917
March 15
Abdication of
Nicholas II
March 12
Establishment of
Provisional
1917 1918
FEB APR JUN AUG OCT DEC
PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT
Wednesday, April 17, 13
9. THE HORRORS OF WORLD WAR I
November 6-7
Overthrow of
Provisional
Government
OVERVIEW OF EVENTS: 1917
March 15
Abdication of
Nicholas II
March 12
Establishment of
Provisional
1917 1918
FEB APR JUN AUG OCT DEC
PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT
December 1917
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
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12. RUSSIA IN 1914
Nicholas II had come to power
in 1894 at age 26
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13. RUSSIA IN 1914
Nicholas II had come to power
in 1894 at age 26
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14. RUSSIA IN 1914
Nicholas II had come to power
in 1894 at age 26
Nicholas II feared revots and
ruled with an iron first
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15. RUSSIA IN 1914
Nicholas II had come to power
in 1894 at age 26
Nicholas II feared revots and
ruled with an iron first
“I sha! maintain the
principles of autocracy
just as firmly and
unflinchingly as my
father.”
Wednesday, April 17, 13
16. RUSSIA IN 1914
Nicholas II had come to power
in 1894 at age 26
Nicholas II feared revots and
ruled with an iron first
“I sha! maintain the
principles of autocracy
just as firmly and
unflinchingly as my
father.”
Why was Nicholas II so paranoid?
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17. RUSSIA IN 1914
Nicholas II had come to power
in 1894 at age 26
Nicholas II feared revots and
ruled with an iron first
“I sha! maintain the
principles of autocracy
just as firmly and
unflinchingly as my
father.”
Why was Nicholas II so paranoid?
Wednesday, April 17, 13
18. RUSSIA IN 1914
Nicholas II had come to power
in 1894 at age 26
Nicholas II feared revots and
ruled with an iron first
“I sha! maintain the
principles of autocracy
just as firmly and
unflinchingly as my
father.”
Why was Nicholas II so paranoid?
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21. What Russian
institutions did
Nicholas rely on to
prop up his regime?
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THE 1905 REVOLUTIONTHE 1905 REVOLUTION
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22. What Russian
institutions did
Nicholas rely on to
prop up his regime?
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THE 1905 REVOLUTIONTHE 1905 REVOLUTION
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31. THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT
What is a Marxist interpretation of the Provisional Government and the forces that swept it into
power?
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32. THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT
What is a Marxist interpretation of the Provisional Government and the forces that swept it into
power?
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34. WHAT DID LENIN WANT?
Peace, land, and bread!
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35. WHAT DID LENIN WANT?
Peace, land, and bread!
We don’t need bourgeois
democracy!
All power to the Soviets!
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36. The Program of the Bolsheviks: April Thesis
V. I. Lenin
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37. The Program of the Bolsheviks: April Thesis
V. I. Lenin
An End to War
1. In our attitude towards the war, which under the [Provisional Government] unquestionably remains
on Russia's part a predatory imperialist war owing to the capitalist nature of that government, not the
slightest concession to a "revolutionary defencism" is permissible. . . .
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38. The Program of the Bolsheviks: April Thesis
V. I. Lenin
An End to War
1. In our attitude towards the war, which under the [Provisional Government] unquestionably remains
on Russia's part a predatory imperialist war owing to the capitalist nature of that government, not the
slightest concession to a "revolutionary defencism" is permissible. . . .
Rejection of Liberalism
2. . . . No support for the Provisional Government; . . .
3. Not a parliamentary republic- to return to a parliamentary republic from the Soviets of Workers'
Deputies would be a retrograde step- but a republic of Soviets of Workers', Agricultural Labourers', and
Peasants' Deputies throughout the country, from top to bottom.
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39. The Program of the Bolsheviks: April Thesis
V. I. Lenin
An End to War
1. In our attitude towards the war, which under the [Provisional Government] unquestionably remains
on Russia's part a predatory imperialist war owing to the capitalist nature of that government, not the
slightest concession to a "revolutionary defencism" is permissible. . . .
Rejection of Liberalism
2. . . . No support for the Provisional Government; . . .
3. Not a parliamentary republic- to return to a parliamentary republic from the Soviets of Workers'
Deputies would be a retrograde step- but a republic of Soviets of Workers', Agricultural Labourers', and
Peasants' Deputies throughout the country, from top to bottom.
Redistrbution of Land
4. The weight of emphasis in the agrarian programme to be shifted to the Soviets of Agricultural
Labourers' Deputies. Confiscation of all landed estates. Nationalisation of all lands in the country, the
land to be disposed of by the local Soviets of Agricultural Labourers' and Peasants' Deputies.
Wednesday, April 17, 13
40. The Program of the Bolsheviks: April Thesis
V. I. Lenin
An End to War
1. In our attitude towards the war, which under the [Provisional Government] unquestionably remains
on Russia's part a predatory imperialist war owing to the capitalist nature of that government, not the
slightest concession to a "revolutionary defencism" is permissible. . . .
Rejection of Liberalism
2. . . . No support for the Provisional Government; . . .
3. Not a parliamentary republic- to return to a parliamentary republic from the Soviets of Workers'
Deputies would be a retrograde step- but a republic of Soviets of Workers', Agricultural Labourers', and
Peasants' Deputies throughout the country, from top to bottom.
Redistrbution of Land
4. The weight of emphasis in the agrarian programme to be shifted to the Soviets of Agricultural
Labourers' Deputies. Confiscation of all landed estates. Nationalisation of all lands in the country, the
land to be disposed of by the local Soviets of Agricultural Labourers' and Peasants' Deputies.
Nationalization of Major Institutions
5. The immediate amalgamation of all banks in the country into a single national bank, and the
institution of control over it by the Soviet of Workers’ Deputies.
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