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The Russian Revolution

The Russian Revolution . Troubles Loom . Nicholas II is ineffective in leading his troops Peasants are faced with increasing food prices and wartime suffering The tsarina’s relationship with Rasputin is causing concern with the country Nicholas II disbands the Duma in 1916.

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The Russian Revolution

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  1. The Russian Revolution

  2. Troubles Loom • Nicholas II is ineffective in leading his troops • Peasants are faced with increasing food prices and wartime suffering • The tsarina’s relationship with Rasputin is causing concern with the country • Nicholas II disbands the Duma in 1916

  3. Grigori Rasputin • “Holy” man from Eastern Russia • Claimed he could heal young Alexei and thus charmed his way into the family • Began to influence Alexandra with military affairs • Caused members of the Duma to become corrupt

  4. Revolution Begins: The February Revolution, 1917 • Nicholas II calls Duma in 1915 • Faced with the Progressive Bloc • Tsar leaves in 1916 and dissolves the Duma • Rasputin killed, December 1916 • February 1917 – major uprisings of the classes against the tsar • The Soviets and the Duma both refuse to run the country

  5. The Provisional Government Emerges • Nicholas II abdicates the throne in 1917 • The Duma becomes the new provisional government • Competed with soviets and peasants • Germany sends V.I. Lenin back to Russia • Army is continually defeated on the battle front • Cause many to believe that Russia should drop out

  6. The Bolshevik Takeover • Bolshevik Revolution: November 1917 • Only allowed those who were communist to vote • Pulled out of war with the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk: March 1918 • Relocated capital from Petrograd to Moscow

  7. Reasons for a “Red Victory” • 1. Fragmentation of the Whites • 2. Leon Trotsky, commissar of war, built a highly disciplined Red army • 3. Use of the Cheka to root out dissenters • 4. Assassination of the royal family • 5. Reds used foreign intervention to create a sense of nationalism

  8. Portrait of the Royal Family

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