1. Czar Nicholas II was an unskilled leader of Russia who relied on the army and large government to maintain power. He had four daughters and one son with his wife Alexandra. 2. Alexandra fell under the influence of the holy man Grigori Rasputin, who could supposedly stop the bleeding of her son Alexei, who had hemophilia. Rasputin's influence caused bad decision making that led to economic and military disasters. 3. Growing unrest due to the losses in World War I and poor economic conditions led to the March Revolution in 1917 where Czar Nicholas II abdicated his throne. However, the new provisional government failed to satisfy workers and soldiers, setting the

1. RUSSIAN
REVOLUTION

2. a. CZAR NICHOLAS II
ROMANOV: unskilled
leader, strict. Relied on
army & huge govt to hold
power.
b. Had 4 daughters, 1 son &
wife ALEXANDRIA
• *Alex was German & kept
him cut off from events
during war

3. THE CZAR & FAMILY

4. ROMANOV
FAMILY

5. CZAR NICHOLAS

6. ALEXANDRA

7. THE LOVE
STORY
• I never dreamt that
our married life would
have been so perfect,
such utter happiness
you have brought me.
Alexandra’s letter to
Nicholas, 20
September 1898
• (don’t write)

8. ANASTASIA

9. Thegirls: Anastasia, Tatiana,
Maria& Olga

10. ALEXEI

11. Bloody Sunday (don’t write)
• No political parties, no constituion
• In Jan 1905, 200,000 people went to
place with petition for better working
conditions, legislature, vote & freedoms.
They sang “God
Save the Tsar” &
were led by a priest)
• Soldiers open fire,
kill 500-1000?
• Duma created

12. ALEXANDRA & RASPUTIN
•Alex was under the
influence of GRIGORI
RASPUTIN, a Siberian
peasant who claimed to
be a holy man & could
supposedly stop bleeding
of son Alexei
(hemophiliac)

13. THE ONE AND ONLY
RASPUTIN

17. MORE
PROBLEMS
•Rasputin helped
Alex make bad
decisions,
causing military
& eco disaster,
rumors abt
inpropriety,
made people
angry w/ Czar.
•Aristocrats kill
Rasputin.

19. PROBLEMS:
1.Too big! little communication
2. Not ready for WWI (few
weapons or factories)
3. Czar had no military training,
few competent military leaders,
major losses (2 mil dead)
4. Out of date farming, poor
working conditions
5. 90 % poor, uneducated serfs
6. Lost war w/ Japan in 1905

20. •The DUMA, (legislative
body), meets March 1917
even though Czar had gotten
rid of Duma
•Asked the Czar to step down
& set up a provisional govt

21. •MARCH REVOLUTION-
10,000 female factory
workers strike in
Petrograd, upset w/
bread rationing.
•Call for general strike.
Soldiers sent to stop it,
end up joining in. Czar
tries to escape to GB

22. MARCH REVOLUTION

23. •Czar abdicates Mar 13th,
arrested & new Provisional
Govt created by Duma
headed by ALEXANDER
KERENSKY
•Gave freedom of assembly
speech press, vote
•Made mistake of
staying in WWI,
upsetting peasants,
workers.

24. •The SOVIETS- city councils
of workers & soldiers,
challenged new govt over
decisions

25. VLADIMIR
LENIN was
the leader of
the Bolsheviks
(Communists)
I was exiled,
but the
Germans sent
me back to
cause
problems!

26. •Believed in book
COMMUNIST
MANIFESTO by
KARL MARX
which said
Proletariat (poor
workers) will
overthrow
bourgeoisie (rich
owners)

29. •Most
Bolsheviks
were lower
class & had
new radical
ideas.
When there is state
there can be no
freedom, but when
there is freedom
there will be no
state.

30. •Bolsheviks want:
1. violent overthrow of govt
2. control of Soviets
3. Lenin saw Provisional
govt as chance for
Bolsheviks
to take
over

31. Bolsheviks promise to
end war, redistribute
land to poor, give
factories to committees
& govt power to Soviets
(the councils).

32. •Oct 1917,
the
Bolsheviks
had a
majority in 2
important
Soviets
(Moscow &
Petrograd, led
by Leon
Trotsky).

33. •Bolsheviks seize Winter
Palace on Nov. 6th
& destroy
Provisional Govt. (Oct
Revolution)
• All Russian Congress of
Soviets meets in Petrograd,
but Lenin fakes
turning over
power (kept
it for himself)

34. •Bolsheviks(akaCommunists)
•Treaty of Brest-Litovsk gave
Germany land to get out of
war, but humiliated Russia :
Poland,
Finland,
Ukraine &
Baltics.

35. •Many oppose
Communists
(Cossacks,
liberals,
socialists).
Known as White Army
•Allies send troops & supplies
to fight Communist Red
Army.

36. •April 1918:
royal family
moved to
Ipatiev House
in Siberia.
Reds panic,
murdered on
July17th
1918?

37. Alexei, using forensic aging Heino Tammut

40. Alexei
Nicolaievich
Sovereign Heir
Tsarevich
Grand Duke of
Russia
Died at Burnaby
General Hospital
June 26, 1977

41. Russian Civil War begins
• 1918-1921:
Communist
Red Army
fights
against Anti-
Communist
White Army.

42. •By 1920,
White army is
defeated.
& Communists
take over
Ukraine,
Georgia,
Azerbaijan &
Armenia

43. RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR

44. WHY DID THE COMMUNIST REDS WIN?
•Communists used WAR
COMMUNISM- govt
control of banks, industry,
wheat & centralization
of govt to get
supplies for
army.

45. THE CHEKA
Used Red Secret
Police – called
the CHEKA- to
destroy anyone
against the new
govt.

46. •DON’T WRITE
•Trotsky was
brilliant
•Had single-minded
purpose
•Anti-communist
disorganized & not
united
•Allies were hated
for supporting
anti-communists

48. 1. What on earth is communism?
2.What connotation does it have (in
other words, what first comes to
mind, pos or neg)?
3.What countries do you think of
when you hear it?
4.Can you have a society with no social
classes? Why or why not?
5. Can you make everyone equal in a
society?

49. -Property is shared equally
-Each person is responsible for creating their own wealth
-no social classes
-property is not equally shared
-has social classes
-everyone earns the same amount of money (no matter
what their job is)
Communism Capitalism