Russian+Revolution

Date: 1800-1914 By: Taylor Christensen, Emily Meyer, and Martha Heinrich









"History will not forgive us if we do not assume power now."--Lenin



Royal family in Russia was the Romanov family and it consisted of Czar Nicholas II, Czarina Alexandra, Alexis, Olga, Tatiana, Marie, and Anastasia. Czar Nicholas II was the Last Czar of Russia. Alexandra Czarina of Russia, was Czar Nicholas II’s wife, she started as a German princess and was disliked very much by the Russian people. Alexis was their son and the heir to the throne, and he had a blood disease called hemophilia. They lived in the Winter Palace which was the Czar’s home. Grigori Rasputin or the “Mad Monk,” was the advisor to the Czar and Czarina he helped Alexis with his blood disease as he was a holy man or faith healer. Rasputin was assassinated in December of 1916 by Prince Felix Yusupov who led a group of assassins. In 1916, Czar Nicholas took control of the army himself in 1916, but he abdicated his throne on March 15, 1917. The Romanov family was assassinated on July 16, 1918. Lenin ordered the execution of the family in the Ural Mountains, and the family was thrown into an unmarked grave. There were many revolutions during this time period in Russia. First, there was the Revolution of 1905 with lasted for 10 days, and was the most effective striking history. Then, there were the Petrograd Riots on March 8, 1917. These riots occurred because of the heightened price of bread, the women who took part in these riots chanted “peace and bread,” and “down with the czar.” The Bolshevik Revolution took place on November 6, 1917, it was an overthrow of the provisional government with a coup d’ etat in St. Petersburg. Finally, there was the Russian Civil War which took place from 1918 to 1921, and it was the whites versus the reds. The whites were the anti-communist who opposed the Bolsheviks, and the reds were the Bolsheviks who became known as communists in 1918. The whites were defeated in 1921, by the reds. Soviets were a council of workers, soldiers, and intellectuals; they were the leaders in the opposition of the czar. Leon Trotsky was the chairman of the Petrograd soviets, meaning a leader of communism. The Provisional Government was created on March 12, 1917 and was the government after the Czar was abdicated, it was created by Duma. Alexander Kerensky was the prime minister of the provisional government. He was the one who kept Russia and World War I and imprisoned the royal family. Eventually, the Petrograd soviet was divided into two groups. The Mensheviks were the moderate socialists and the Bolsheviks who were the more radical socialists. The Bolsheviks believed the revolution was the key to gaining power, and they were the enemy of a czarist Russia. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was the Father of the Soviet Union and the Bolshevik leader of the Russian revolution. Lenin was the editor of a Bolshevik newspaper called The Spark. After, Lenin assumed power; he signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk in March 1918, which was a Russian peace treaty with Germany. War communism was the government control of industries crucial to war effort. In Lenin’s Russia the communism state owned all means of production including industry and agriculture. It was based off of theories by Karl Marx and Lenin himself. Lenin died in January 21, 1924 and Stalin took his place in 1928.



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__**People**__ 1) **__Vladimir llyich Lenin__** - he ruled from 1870 to 1922 he was the father of the soviet union he was also the Bolshevik leader of the Russian revolution. 2) __**Joseph Stalin**__ - He was also called the man of steel during the world war he was the general secretary of communist party. 3) __**Leon Trotsky**__ - he was the leader of the red army he was also Lenin’s number 1 man he was killed in Mexico by Stalin’s agents in the year 1940. 4) __**Alexander Kerensky**__ - he was the prime minister of the provisional gov. he also kept Russia in ww1 to preserve honor and imprisoned the royal family. 5) __**Peter Stolypin**__ – he was the Russian prime minister he called the hanging of political opponents the “Stolypins neckties” during his reign in Russia. 6) __**Czar Nicholas II**__ – he was the last czar of Russia he ruled the year 1894 to the year 1919 he was a Romanov which was the ruling family of Russia. 7) __**Alexandra**__ - she was the czarina of Russia sense she was also a German princess who was disliked by her the Russians even though she ruled them. 8) __**Anastasia**__ -she was the youngest daughter of Nicholas the 2nd she came to long island hotel and became the women Anna Anderson. 9) __**Alexis**__ - he was the czar’s son he was also heir to the throne he had hemophilia which is deficiency in ability of blood to clot. 10) __**Grigori Rasputin**__ - he was called “Mad Monk” he was a holy man and faith healer he was also the advisor to czar and czarina.



__**Links:**__ 1) [|Bolshevik Revolution]-This is a short biography about the Bolshevik Rebolution and what happend to the Russian people durin it. 2) [|Aurora]- This website has information about the battleship Aurora, including what times it is on display, in St. Petersburg. 3) [|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk]- This website tells what the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk accomplished, and a map of the places it influenced. 4) [|Leon Trotsky]- This is a short biography about Leon Trotsky who was a key figure in Russia's Revolution, he was the leader of the bolshevik faction of the Marxists party. 5) [|Invasion at Archangel]- This tells about the Invasion at Archangel and it includes, a video and the consequences of it. 6) [|Communism]- This website thoroughly explains what communism is, who started it and who is affected by it. 7) [|Joseph Stalin]- This a short biography about Joseph Stalin and his accomplishments in life, including his childhood, rise to power, and purging of the masses. 8) [|Anastasia]- This is an article about Anne Anderson who pretended to be the Grand Duchess Anastasia, but was later proven to be Anne Anderson from Germany. 9) [|Lenin's Body in Time Square]- This website has tourist information about Lenin's body and where you can see him in the Red Square for free, not that it doesn't help to donate. 10) [|USSR]- This website has information about the USSR including links of different countries that joined it.



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