War, revolution and economic crisis - week 21

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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?
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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?

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Today's planning
4.3 The Russian Revolution

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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Stalin
- State farms
- 5 year plan for factories

The Soviet Union becomes a totalitairian state

Opponents were sent to the Gulag 

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What to do now?
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timer
10:00

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