Russian Revolution Flashcards

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Causes of the Russian Revolution (Bolshevik Revolution)

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Czarist harsh rule

Peasant unrest

Bloody Sunday

March Revolution (Military rebels)

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Vladimir Lenin

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1st Communist leader

New Economic Policy

“Peace, Land, Bread”

Dies naturally, Stalin takes over

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Joseph Stalin

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Great Purges - kills enemies

Five Year Plan - Industrialize

Collectivization - state owned farms

Strict, harsh methods of control

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Communism

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No social classes
Gov’t owns everything (economy)
All jobs pay the same
In reality, it is just a totalitarian government
Karl Marx an Fredric Engels wrote the Communist Manifesto

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