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At the beginning of the 20th century,

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Russia was a huge country with more than 140 million people

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Three Pillars Sustaining Russia

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Royalty, Orthodox Church and high administrative officials + secret police (Okhrana)

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Government Style

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Absolute Power in a Tzar Regime, led by Nicolas II

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Abolition of the Feudal System

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20 million peasants were freed from serfdom in 1861

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The society was…..

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very backward and only slightly industrialized

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Russian Social-Democrat Party

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Anti-Tzarist political group established in 1898 that later divided between Mensheviks and Bolsheviks

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Mensheviks

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preferred political change through legal methods and working with trade unions

the word means “minority”

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Bolsheviks

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the side lead by Vladimir Lenin, preferred political change through armed violence

wanted Marxist ideas in powers

the word means “majority”

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Russian Middle Class

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didn’t exist, everyone was either very rich or very poor

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Okrana

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secret police that cracked down on anti-Tzarism

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Narodniks (3)

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  • Russian Populist and terrorist group established in 1870
  • Wanted to help the rural and lower class
  • Had the slogan “Land and Liberty”
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Social Revolutionists

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Socialist Agrarian party established 1905 (NOT communist) who wanted to help the peasants of Russia

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All political parties in early 20th century were (3)

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illegal, incompatible and wanted to get rid of the Tzar

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Two Factors from 1904 than made the people very anti Tzar

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Economic crisis of 1904 and Russia’s loss in the Russo-Japanese war

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Soviet emerged to…

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create and assembly against the Tzar

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Revolutions of 1917

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One in February and one in October

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February Revolution 1917 (3)

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  • Took place in St. Petersburg, in which workers called for an to WW1, democratic reforms and and end to Tzarism
  • Russian soldiers/guard joined the protesters
  • Liberal political party and military generals forced Nicolas II to abdicate
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October Revolution/Lenin’s Revolution of 1917 (3)

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  • Germans sent Lenin back to try to destabilize new Russian government
  • Provisional Government dismantled and soviets in charge (part of communist ideas)
  • Created an armed demonstration to seize power
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Provisional Government in-between 1917 revolutions (3)

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  • Liberals of the State Duna made themselves the provisional government, the official government
  • Workers in charge of the Soviets, or councils that were in charge of soldiers and workers
  • Was extremely weak and failed to end Russia’s involvement with the war
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Changes under Provisional Government (5)

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  • Disolved Tzar’s police (Okhrana)
  • Amnesty for political prisoners
  • Recognized Polish and Finnish independence
  • Promised to give land from landlords to peasants
  • Prepared for elections and allowed for democracy
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April Theses Main Points (5)

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Marxist Idea Document by Lenin declaring:
- Provisional Government and WW1 suck
- Power to the working class and poor people
- Abolition of police and army, and all elective officials to be paid the same as workers
- Creation of a singular national bank
- Power the Soviets and creation of Communist International

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Mensheviks and Social Revolutionists aka the Provincial Government….

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formed the coalition government called the cadets to quell Lenin’s power

they made the Bolshevik party illegal and Lenin fled to Finland

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Totalitarianism

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state controls entire government and all aspects of life

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Russia Civil War Dates, Sides and Winner

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1918-1921

Bolsheviks (led by Trotsky) vs. Old Tsarists (assisted by Britain, Japan and France)

Bolsheviks won

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Soviet

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an assembly often composed of peasants and workers (played a big part in Russian Revolution)

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Russian Economy during the Civil War

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suffered severely, so the NEP (New Economic Policy) was created

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1920s Russian Government

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Totalitarian with one party in charge of the state and one leader in charge of the party

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Lenin Replacement

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When Lenin died January 21, 1924, he was worried that Stalin would take over the party and all the power, which is exactly what happened

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Stalin Government Position

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General Secretary, so he was able to hire all his friends to join the party in his support, making him very powerful

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Tronsky End

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  • Dismissed from the party in 1925, then Kamenev and Zinoviev two years later
  • Kicked out of USSR in 1929 and assassinated in Mexico in 1940 on Stalin’s orders
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Stalin’s Dictatorship Characteristics (4)

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  • The cult of personality of the leader
  • Terror to achieve submission
  • Purges (campaigns of imprisonment and assassination of opponents)
  • Gulag (concentration camps)
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1936 Constitución

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  • Universal suffrage but only Communist Party members could run
  • The Party positions were creating a privileged bureaucracy (Nomenklatura), a social elite
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Tronsky Ideal Russia (3)

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  • Genuine workers’ democracy
  • Freedom of expression
  • Election, not appointment, of political leaders (ending bureaucratization)
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Trotsky vs. Stalin Struggle for Power

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Trotsky:
-He had been responsible for the formation of the Red Army
-Arrived late and did not have important supporters in the Party

Stalin:
- In 1922 he had become General Secretary of the Party
-He had significant support within the Party

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Komintern or Communist International (5)

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  • Third International / Communist International / Komintern)
  • Aimed to create a tightly centralized and disciplined organization in charge of promoting the revolution in all countries
  • Ruled by 21 conditions imposed by Lenin and which obliged a subordination to Moscow’s directives
  • It became an instrument at the service of the foreign policy of the USSR
  • Caused the world to divide between Social-democratic and reformist parties vs. communist parties.
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Stalin Economic Plan and Agriculture

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  • Abandoned NEP and had the State control the economy
  • Collectivization of agriculture / shared means of production / no more private farming
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Stalin Industrial Goal

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  • Strengthen heavy industry
  • Achieve economic, technological and military independence
    all through State planning
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First Five-Year Plan

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rapid and large-scale industrialization across the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR)

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Both the Second five-year plan and the Third five-year plan emphasized….

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growth of the arnament industry

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Military / Public Life Impact

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Spectacular development of heavy and military industry at the expense of living standards and consumer industry

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