War, revolution and economic crisis - 4.3

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Goal of this lesson

At the end of this lesson you can answer the following questions...

Why did a revolution break out in Russia?

What was life like in the Soviet Union under Stalin?

Today's planning

4.3 The Russian Revolution

Why did a revolution break out in Russia?

1. Unhappy with the rule of the tsar

    - Angry because they were dragged into the war by the tsar

    - Agry because he was leading the army

2. Famine

3. Rasputin 

Soviets

After the revolution the workers and soldiers united to govern themselves in so-called soviets .

But this government was weak.

This led to a second revolution; the October Revoltution

Bolsheviks

A radical group called the Bolsheviks led this revolution. 

Their leader was called: Vladimir Lenin.

- Communist & dictator

> Peace treaty with Germany   > Industry nationalised

> Farmland distributed              > Religion banned

> Women same rights as men

Bolsheviks

Not everyone agreed with the Bolsheviks and Lenin.

> This caused a civil war between the Red Army (communist) and the opponents (White army)

The red army won the civil war in 1922. 

> USSR or in other words the Soviet Union

Lenin > Stalin

Stalin became leader of the USSR in 1924 and build the country into a communist dictatorship

> Propaganda

Stalin

- State farms

- 5 year plan for factories

The Soviet Union becomes a totalitairian state

Opponents were sent to the Gulag 

What to do now?

Work on your assignments