Russian+Revolution

toc 1916 - 1921 By Devin, Mike, & Luke

"Beloved, never to be forgotten teacher, savior, & mentor" - Czarina Alexandra =Russian Revolution Explained:=

The Russian Revolution was a very influential time era. This era had affected many people and many places through the actions of the people. One of these people was Czar Nicholas II. He was the leader of Russia and wanted to take control of the Russian army during the Russian Revolution. He was the last family member of the Romanov family to rule Russia. He would abdicate his power in March 15, 1917. Then after his family left Russia he and his family were assassinated on July 16th, 1918. The next ruler to take power was Vladimir Lenin. He was a Bolshevik leader and ordered the execution of the czar and his family and orders them to be thrown in unmarked graves. But the body of Anastasia was never found and a few years later a woman named Anna Anderson came forward and said she was the long lost daughter Anastasia. One of the main reasons for the start of the Russian Revolution was the lack of bread and/or the price of bread. This angered many people in Russia to the point of rioting. One of the riots was the Petrograd riots on March 8th 1917. These were strikes and riot in the streets of the capitol city. This would make the czar order his Cossack’s to open fire on the crowds. This would anger the soldiers because they were shooting women and children that were defenseless. So this made the czar lose the alliance of his soldiers. This was one of the reasons the czar had to abdicate his power to a new ruler. One of the most important people in this time era was a man named Grigori Rasputin. He claimed to be a holy man but was a Siberian peasant. He was hired by the czar to stop his son from bleeding because his son had hemophilia. Rasputin was able to do this by hypnotizing Alexis. But many people thought he should be stopped. So the tried to poison him with the food they prepared him. But that did not kill him, so they shot him three times. This also did not work. So they tied him up and threw him in a frozen river. He drowned but not before he untied his knots underwater.







Key Terms:
Bolsheviks - A Marxist party group led by Vladimir Lenin that used violent revolution in order to rise in power and establish communism in Russia. War Communism - A policy used to produce supplies for armies. In war communism, the government had control of banks and industries, as well as stealing grain from peasants. Cheka - A weapon used by the Red Army that was secret police force developed by the red army to destroy anyone against the reign of communism. The March Revolution - 10,000 women on March 8th, 1917 started a strike in the streets of Petrograd demanding bread. Later these women were joined by workers which brought a total strike on March 10th. The Duma - The legislative body that created a provisional government and tried to convince Czar Nicholas II to step down. Czar Nicholas II stepped down on March 15, 1917. Petrograd - The city originally known as St. Petersburg (later renamed a few times). Petrograd began bread rationing which started the March Revolution. Communism - A division of Karl Marx's Socialism that after the Russian Revolion wasn't was established by Vladimir Lenin and his followers in 1921. Bloody Sunday - In 1905, in St. Petersburg demonstrators peacefully took the streets and wanted to present a petition to Czar when they were gunned down. White Force - The forces against communism. The first group came from Siberia and others fought many battles against Red Forces all over Russia Red Force - All of the forces of communists that support Lenin in Russia. Eventually the Red Forces would defeat the White Forces and communism would take over Russia.



Key People:
> __**Alexandra Nicholas**__- She was the stubborn and willful wife of Czar Nicholas II. She was the women who fell under the influence of Grigori Rasputin. > __**Grigori Rasputin**__- He was an uneducated Siberian peasant who claimed to be a holy man. He would stop the Czars son Alexis from bleeding out because Alexis has hemophilia. > __**Alexander Kerensky**__- He was the head of the provisional government. He decided to preserve the war to keep Russia’s honor. > __**Vladamir Ilyich Ulianov**__- He was known to the world as V.I. Lenin. He was the Bolshevik leader during the Russian revolution. > __**Leon Trotsky**__- He was a dedicated revolutionary. He was also the head of the Petrograd soviet.
 * 1) **__Czar Nicholas II__**- He is the czar of Russia during the Russian revolution. During the revolution he insisted that he take personal charge of the armed forces.
 * 1) __**Peter Stolypin**__- He was the Russian Prime Minister at the time of the Russian Revolution. He was involved in the hanging of political opponents.



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For More Information...

 * [|Czar Nicholas II]- This website gives a biography of Czar Nicholas II.
 * [|The State Hermitage Museum]- This website briefly talks about the Winter Palace and gives information about tours you can take.
 * [|Okhrana Surveillance] - This website talks about Grigori Rasputin in very deep detail.
 * [|The Russo-Japanese War] - This website talks about the Russo-Japanese War in deep detail.
 * [|The Russian Revolution] - This website talks about the Russian Revolution by dividing it into seperate parts and discussing those parts.
 * [|WWI--Russia] - This website talks about the role of Russia in WWI.
 * [|Hunger Causes Petrograd Riots] - This website shows a newspaper article from the New York Times that talks about the Petrograd Riots in Russia.
 * [|Soviets] - This website briefly talks about the Soviets.
 * [|Mystery of Anastasia Romanov] - This website talks about Anastasia Romanov and Ann Anderson pretending she was Anastasia.
 * [|Vladimir Lenin and the Russian Revolution] - This website briefly talks about Vladimir Lenin's rise to power.