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Russian Revolution
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Czar Alexander III (1881-1894)
-accused jews of buying too much land
- nobles were promoted
- his principle aims were one man rule, one race, and one religion
*set stage for russian people being unhappy with the czar -
Czar Nicholas II (1894-1917)
-thought he should rule with the russian monarchy
-his subjects revolted
- he was unprepared and blamed for the failure
-rJ war, Bloody Sunday, WWI
*he was disliked because he wanted to rule the russian monarchy and he ignored russias problems -
Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)
-over territories in northern china
- japan was more industrialized
*this led to russian revolution in general people blamed the czar; cause him to change russias government into a constitutional monarchy (Duma) -
Establishment of the Duma
- improved the reputation of the czar
- constitutional monarchy *follows the r-j war and bloody sunday, done to improve the czars reputation
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Bloody Sunday
- to present czar with a list of grievances
- 100 people were killed and 3000 were injured
- demanded relief from their working and living conditions *the russian people had an uprising and the people had a lessened belief in the gov. (blamed the czar and part of the reason he created the Duma)
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Russias participation in wwl (1914-1918)
- weren't indulstrialized and didn't do well in the war
- czar was on the battlefield *the russian people blamed the czar for the failure of wwl
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Death of Rasputin
-was drowned
- killed by a russian noble
- tried to poison and shoot him but he lived through it all
*czar was blamed for letting the gov in hands of alexandra and rasputin when he went to WWI -
Bolshevik Revolution
-Cheka is created
-targets enemies of the bolsheviks
-over throw provisional government
*Bolshevik Rev leads to Civil War and the civil war is won by the red army making the Bolshevik Rev a success -
Abdication of Czar Nicholas II/Establishment Provisional Government
-stepped down
- Temporary- provisional government replaces czar
- didn't like provisional government because they didn't pull out of WWI
*Privisional governemnt was overthrown and this starts the Bolshevik Revolution -
Russian Civil War (1918-1920)
-follows the same format as other revolutions
- foreign countries get involved
-red army won making the Bolshevik Rev a success
*Bolsheviks are now free to create the USSR -
Establishment of the USSR (1922-1991)
-Soviet Union
-self-governing republics discourage nationalism
-When the soviet Union attempted to become a communist state
-lates for 70 years and becomes more of a dictatorship -
Stalins Rise to Power (1922-1927)
- Manipulates his way into power despite Lenins concerns
- By 1928, stalin is in complete command of communist party
- Has trotsky exiled in 1929, later he’ll be killed *turns USSR into dictatorship
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Lenin's Death
*Stalin won and exiled trotsky and created a dictatorship
-setting up competition for his replacement between Stalin and Trotsky -
Leon Trotsky Exiled
- killed by Stalin because he wanted power
- Banished from the USSR
- an example of how harshly Stalin ruled
