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Indoctrination
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Alexander III took the throne
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Pogroms in effect
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Work begins on Trans-Siberian Railway
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Nicholas II became czar
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Russian Marxcists split into two groups
-Bolsheviks supported a small number of commited revolutionaries willing to sacrifice everything for radical change. Their leader was Valdimir Ilyich Ulyanov but went by the name of Lenin.
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Trans-Siberian Railway completed
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Japan attacked Russia
This war started because of an agreement over territorites that Russia broke. The war took place at Port Arthur Manchuria, in Feburary. -
Bloody Sunday
On Bloody Sunday 200,000 workers and families approached the czar’s Winter Palace in St. Pertersburg. They petitioned for better working conditions, more personal freedom, and an elected national legislature. Nicholas was there so his generals and police had to defend the palace for the king. They ordered soldiers to fire at the crowd. Between 500 and 1000 unarmed people were killed. -
Bloody Sunday
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Nicholas II approves creation of Duma
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the first Duma meeting
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Russia enters WW1
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Rasputin assassination attempt
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Bolshevik Revolution
The Bolshevik Revolution was when Lenin and the Bolsheviks tried and was successful at seizing power. -
Bolshevik Red Guards
The Bolshevik Red Guards were made up of factory workers. They took over government offices and arrested leaders of the provisional government. -
The March Revolution
Women textile workers lead city-wide strike in Petrograd. -
Lenin returns to Russia
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Bolshevik Red Guards storm the Winter Palace
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White Army
White Army was a group of Russia’s enemies within their country that did not believe what they did. The leader of the White Army was Leon Trotsky who led them to expertly command the Bolshevik Red Army. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a agreement between Germany and Russia where Russia gave a large chunk of land to Germany to get rid of some of the inherited problems the Bolsheviks had. -
New Economy Policy (NEP)
Lenin temperarily put aside a plan for a state-controlled economy, but later changed it to be a small scale capitalism. This allowed farmers to sell their crops to other citizens instead of the government taking them. The government kept control or large companies, but left small factories, businesses, and farm operators. -
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
Lenin organized Russia into several self-governing republics under the government called the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in honor of the counils that helped launch the Bolshevik Revolution. -
Communist Party
Communist Party was the name of a USSR district which was named by Karl Marx. The Communist Party was based off of democratic values. Lenin established dictadorship of the Communist Party. -
Joseph Stalin
From 1922-1927 Stalin made his way up the chain of government and by 1928 he became in total command of the Communist Party. -
Collective farms
Collective farms were previously privately owned were taken over by the government. The government did this to take away number of workers and enlarge the food production for the state. -
Five-Year Plans
Five-Year Plans were made for the Soviet Union. This was a plan put in place for unfair amounts of produce that they needed to ship out and the amount of money that the country needed to catch up to other countries the Stalin said were 10 years ahead of them. To help this plan, the government shorted the consumer goods for citizens that left them poor and homeless. Staling controlled all workers. They needed permission to change jobs. -
Totalitarianism
Totalitarianism is government that takes over full control of all private and public matters. This type of government, like democrats, valued reason, human dignity, freedom, and the worth of an individual. -
Socialist realism
Socialist realism was a article style praised by the Soviet and the Communist values. -
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Great Purge
Stalin truned against the communitst party and started the great purge. Everyone who questioned his power was "eliminated." Authority was to punish even the most minor of acts. If authority even thought you could be a criminal they had to arrest them and if they didn't they were sent to jail. Stalin was estimated to be responsible for 8-13 million people's dealth. -
Police Terror
Stalin had secret police with tanks who were around to srop riots. They read people's mail, monitered phone calls, and planted informers everywhere. All people who were considered traitors, or were thought to be a traitor were arrested. -
Propaganda Through Art
Propaganda was shown everywhere. Low-cost printing made realism posters an important part of the Soviet Union. Portraits of Stalin and overly happy workers were posted everywhere on buildings. -
Censorship
Staling did not support individual creativity that threatened the government. The government controlled newspapers, movies, radio, and other sources of information. -
Command economy
Command economy was a state controlled economy where the government makes all the decisions. -
Russian Orthodox Church
Stalin wanted to replace religious teachings with ideals of communism. Russian Orthodox Church was the main target of persecution. Police destroyed many churches and some religious leaders were killed. -
Pogrom
Pogrom was organized violence against Jews. Alexander III wanted there to have everyone in the country have the same religion, speak the same language, ect. to ensure that Russia would have a uniform culture. -
Industrialization
During industrialization in Russia there were many problems such as terrible working conditions, low wages, and child labor. Factories and railroad lines went on strike. -
Soviets
Soviets were local councils made up of workers, peasants, and soldiers.