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Bloody Sunday: The revolution of 1905
-Over 200,000 workers and their families went down to czar’s winter palace in st. Petersburg.
-They carried a petition asking for better work conditions and freedom. -Nicholas II’s generals ordered the soldiers to fire their guns into the crowds, leaving many wounded and several hundred killed.
-It played a wider role in the theme of Revolution because it provoked a wave of strikes and violence that spread across the country. -
The Czar steps down
-The local protest caused an uprising which is when the March Revolution happened.
-This forced Nicholas to leave the throne. Him and his family were later executed.
-This event played a role in the wider theme of revolution, because after he was killed, the government became weak because no one could replace his regime. -
World War I- the final blow
- Nicholas II thought it was a good idea to drag Russia into war, they were very unprepared. -The Russians were losing fight after fight, and over more than 4 million soldiers had been killed, wounded, or taken as prisoner. -This event played a role in the wider theme of Revolution because this puts Russia in a really bad position and they are going to have to find a better way to fight in war.
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Bolsheviks in Power
-Lenin ordered that all farmland should be distributed among all of the peasants.
-He also gave control of the factories to the workers
-The Bolsheviks wanted to keep peace so they signed The treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
-This event played a role in the wider theme of the Revolution because now there will be peace and the fighting will start to slow down. -
Lenin returns to Russia
-The germans believed Lenin would stir unrest in Russia and hurt the russian war effort.
-They arranged for him to return to Russia after many years of exile.
-This event played a role in the wider theme of Revolution in Russia, because Lenin was really smart and he would help the Germans in the war. -
The Provisional Government Topples
-Without warning, armed factory workers stormed into the Winter Palace.
-They took over the government offices and arrested most of the leaders of the Provisional government.
-This event played a role in the wider theme of revolution is because this was not good for the Russians, and they already weren’t doing too good in the war at the time. -
Civil war rage in Russia
-The bolsheviks had a new problem: they needed to get rid of their own enemies at home.
-3 White army’s were fighting against the Bolsheviks one red army.
-Really deadly army
-This event played a role in the wider theme of Revolution because it showed how the Russians are fighting their own enemies and it is far worse than other revolutions. -
Political Reforms
-Lenin organized Russia into several self governing republics under the central government.
-The Bolsheviks renamed their party the Communist Party.
-This relates to the wider theme of revolution in Russia at the time because they created a whole new form of government that strengthened their country.
