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Name: _______________
V.I. Lenin (1870-1924)
Leader of Russian SFSR (1917-1924), Premier of USSR 1921-24
Rise to Power
-Conditions
-Aims
-Extent of
achievement
-Influenced by
Comm.
Manifesto
(Marx & Engles)
Methods
-Use of force
-Incentives
-Join
Bolsheviks?
*Bread, Land &
Peace!!!!
-Conditions:
-Czar, poor econ.,
Peasant unrest, No
Industry, famines
*1905: Bloody
Sunday,
Manifesto,
Duma
*1917: Feb
Revolution:
Provisional
Gov. Kerensky
(WWI)
**Exile in
Europe  $$ &
ideas…
*Oct.
(Bolshevik)
Revolution
1917
Civil War:
-War
Communism
-Single Party
State
Form of
Governance
-Left, center,
right
-Ideology
-Support
-Left on
political
spectrum
-Ideally
Communist rule
-USSR
(Union of
Soviet Socialist
Republics)
New Economic
Policy
-Politburo (in
Kremlin)
(eventual
transition to
socialism,
communism….)
-Soviets
(divisions of
land & people)
Nature, Extent &
Treatment of
the Opposition
Structure and
Organization of
Gov. and Admin.
Political,
economic,
social, religious
policies
Role of
Education, Arts,
Media,
Propaganda
-Single Party
state
-Lenin = #1
Political:
-Single party
state
-USSR
-Communism
-Literacy
campaign
-Do not
tolerate
opposition
-Oppression of
other political
parties
**1921:
Kronstadt
revolt**
Civil War:
Fight against
-white army
(czarists /
monarchists)
-Allied powers
WWI
-Nationalities
-USSR
(Union of
Soviet Socialist
Republics)
-Politburo (in
Kremlin)
-Soviets
(divisions of
land & people)
Economic:
-War
communism
-NEP
Social:
-Critical of
Kulaks & Ethnic
groups
Religious:
-Atheism
-Enemy of
Orthodox
Church
-Pravda
-Propaganda 
posters (explain
policies), art,…
Status of
Women and
Treatment of
Religious
Groups and
Minorities
Ban religion
*Communist
system =
women are
equals (but not
in practice)
Name: _______________
V.I. Lenin (1870-1924)
Leader of Russian SFSR (1917-1924), Premier of USSR 1921-24
Rise to Power
-Conditions
-Aims
-Extent of
achievement
-Communist
Manifesto
1948…
appealing…
Russia –
P-E-S a
mess
Social
Democrat…
BOLSHEVIKS
Methods
-Use of force
-Incentives
-Garnering
support in
1900s in
Europe
-Promises:
--Bread,
Land and
Peace
--Get out of
WWI (BrestLitovsk)
1905 = FAIL
1917 Prov.
gov = Failing
(WWI)
Civil War
(1918-21):
-War
Communism
Lenin in
exile in
Europe 
Oct 1917
Rev
-Strategic
retreat 
NEP
Form of
Governance
-Left, center,
right
-Ideology
-Support
-Left
Communism
From
Marxism to
Leninism
*Civil war,
NEP…
Nature, Extent &
Treatment of
the Opposition
Structure and
Organization of
Gov. and Admin.
Political,
economic,
social, religious
policies
Role of
Education, Arts,
Media,
Propaganda
Social
democrats –
break btwn
Mensheviks
&Bolsheviks
(reunite
during civil
war)
#1 = Lenin
Religion:
-Atheists
#1 priority =
literacy
Single party
state –
eliminate
opposition
Civil War 
vs. White
Army (czar)
& ethnic
groups &
allies of
WWI
*Kronstadt
(single party
state,
authoritarian)
Communist
party
Politburo
USSR (union
of Soviet
Socialist
Republics)
*Soviet
Economy:
-War
communism
-NEP???
Politics:
Communism
-Lenin
Social:
-critical of
Kulaks &
ethnic
minorities
Pravda
Propaganda
posters (info
charts)
Status of
Women and
Treatment of
Religious
Groups and
Minorities
-Atheists
-Ideally
women are
equals…..
-soldiers
-factory
-farmers
& mothers ,
homemaker
Name: _______________
V.I. Lenin (1870-1924)
Leader of Russian SFSR (1917-1924), Premier of USSR 1921-24
Rise to Power
-Conditions
-Aims
-Extent of
achievement
Methods
-Use of force
-Incentives
Communism
(Marx ‘48)
-Bread,
Land, Peace
Anarchist
brother
(executed
by Czar)
ExileSiberia,
Europe
1905: Fail
1917:
Provisional
gov. & WWI
…
Bolshevik
Rev, Oct.
1917:
Civil War 
War
Communism
New
economic
policy (NEP)
….transition
to socialism
to comm…
*Single
Party State
*Eliminate
enemies
Form of
Governance
-Left, center,
right
-Ideology
-Support
-Left
-Comm.
Manifesto
-Marxism 
Leninism
-Social
democrats –
Bolsheviks
&
Mensheviks
Base of
support:
peasants,
proletariat
Red Army
Nature, Extent &
Treatment of
the Opposition
Structure and
Organization of
Gov. and Admin.
Political,
economic,
social, religious
policies
Role of
Education, Arts,
Media,
Propaganda
Bolsheviks
vs.
Mensheviks
(reunite
during civil
war)
#1 = Lenin
Politburo
Political:
-Single party
state
Pravda –
voice of
revolution
(news)
USSR: Union
of Soviet
Socialist
Republics
Economic:
-War
Communism
-NEP
*Soviet
(SSRs)
Social:
-Critical of
Kulaks &
ethnic
groups
Civil War:
-Czar, white
army
-Allies of
WWI
-ethnic
groups
**1921:
Kronstadt
sailor revolt
Elimination
of enemies
“Vanguard
of the elite”
Religious:
-Atheists
#1 Ed.
Priority =
literacy
Status of
Women and
Treatment of
Religious
Groups and
Minorities
Women in
theory
are…equals
…in
practice…
No religion
Propaganda
Critical of
ethnic
groups…