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RUSSIAN REVOLUTION OVERVIEW Unit Overview: Factors such as dissatisfaction with czarist rule, peasant unrest and economic difficulties created long­term discontent in Russia. After a revolution in 1905, Czar Nicholas II agreed to reforms, but they failed to solve underlying problems. Hardships caused by WWI sparked a revolution that ended the czar’s reign. Promises of peace, land and bread allowed Vladimir Lenin and his Bolsheviks, later called Communists, to gain control of the country. After Lenin’s death, Joseph Stalin created a communist dictatorship that controlled every aspect of people’s lives. He brought the economy completely under government control. Stalin industrialized the country, focusing on heavy industry. Stalin also brought agriculture under state control, causing mass starvation in the process. Content Statements: ● The consequences of WWI and the worldwide depression set the stage for the Russian Revolution, the rise of totalitarianism, aggressive Axis expansion and the policy of appeasement, which in turn led to World War II. Directions:​
(Read pages 196­201 to answer the following questions.) 1. List​
and ​
describe​
the four main causes of the Russian Revolution. 2. Why​
was the Revolution of 1905 called “Bloody Sunday”? 3. Following the Revolution of 1905, ​
what​
changes did Czar Nicholas II make to please his people? ​
What​
was the Duma? 4. What​
happened to Czar Nicholas II during the March Revolution of 1917? 5. Following the March Revolution of 1917, ​
why​
was the provisional government in Russia a failure? 6. Who​
were the Bolsheviks? ​
Who​
was their leader? ​
What​
did they want to accomplish in Russia? 7. What​
did Lenin do by signing the Treaty of Brest­Litovsk shortly after he took power? 8. Who​
won the Russian Civil War? ​
Who​
did they defeat? 9. Who​
was Joseph Stalin? 10. What​
was one of the first things Stalin did when he came to power? 11. Explain​
the term Russification.