Lesson #46 Russian Revolution

RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
KEY ECONOMIC INFLUENCES
CAPITALISM SOCIALISM
INDIVIDUALS &
BUSINESSES
INDIVIDUAL’S
SELF-INTEREST
COMSUMER
COMPETITION
German Journalist Changes
Economic Ideals in Europe
German Journalist’s Radical
Ideas for Socialism
German Journalist Published
Ideas in 1848
Who owns
Property &
Production?
Reasons why
Progress
Results
Influences
Distribution
of Goods
COMMUNITY
“THE STATE”
COMMUNITY COOP
FOR GOOD OF ALL
ACCORDING TO
THE NEEDS OF ALL
KARL MARX
MARXISM
Communist Manifesto

RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
KEY ECONOMIC INFLUENCES
ACCORDING TO THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO
CALLED THE “HAVES” BOURGEOISIE (Employers)
CALLED THE “HAVE NOT’S” PROLETARIAT (Workers)
PREDICTIONS FOR THE FUTURE
FACTORIES WOULD PUT THEM OUT OF BUSINESS ARTISANS
THE LARGE WORKING CLASS WILL REVOLT PROLETARIAT
CREATED BY WORKERS SHARING PROFITS ECONOMIC EQUALITY
STATE GOVERNMENT WILL BE REPLACED BY CLASSLESS SOCIETY
FINAL PHASE OF REDICAL SOCIALISM WILL BECOME COMMUNISM

RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
KEY POLITICAL INFLUENCES
POLITICAL CONTROLS UNDER CZAR ALEXANDER III
FORM OF GOVERNMENT
(In which he had all Power)
ONLY ACCEPTABLE
CHURCH
ONLY ACCEPTABLE
LANGUAGE
KEY RESTRICTIONS
on SPEECH/WRITING
FATE OF POLITICAL
PRISONERS
KEY MINORITY that
was PERSECUTED
AUTOCRACY
RUSSIAN
ORTHODOX
RUSSIAN
CENSORSHIP
SENT to SIBERIA
“Gulag”
JEWS

PROGRAM LAUNCHED
to BUILD UP RUSSIA
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
KEY POLITICAL INFLUENCES
POLITICAL POLICIES UNDER CZAR NICHOLAS II
INDUSTRIALIZATION
GROWTH OF FACTORIES BRINGS NEW PROBLEMS
1. GRUELING WORKING CONDITIONS
2. EXTREMELY LOW WAGES (Salaries)
3. USE OF CHILD LABOR
HIS GOVERNMENT
OUTLAWED
UNHAPPY WORKERS
ORGANIZED
LABOR UNIONS
STRIKES

RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
KEY POLITICAL INFLUENCES
CZAR NICHOLAS’ POOR DECISIONS CAUSED CRISIS
1904
Russo-Japanese War
1914
Entered World War One
1905
Bloody Sunday Massacre

RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
KEY POLITICAL INFLUENCES
OTHER POLITICAL LEADERS INFLUENCED REVOLUTION
She ran the
Government
during her
Husband’s absence
Czarina
ALEXANDRA
Self proclaimed
“Holy Man”
Influenced her
Political Decisions
RASPUTIN
Revolutionary
Leader planned
to overthrow the
Czar during 1900’s
Vladimir
LENIN

MARXIST IDEALS OF THE REVOLUTION
KARL MARX CONCERNING
VLADIMIR LENIN
Once an uprising has begun one must
take the offensive, absolutely, and
without reservation, until the very end.
The essence of a free press is reliable,
reasonable, and moral. The censored
press is nothing but a tool of tyranny.
The wretchedness of Religion is that it
is the opium of the people. Those who
indulge in Religion are ultimately lost.
Christians preach cowardice, humility,
& submission; therefore weakening
the resolve & power of the Proletariat.
The emancipation of the Jews is not as
important as the emancipation of
mankind from Judaism.
The theory of Communism may be
summed up into a single sentence.
The Abolition of Capitalism.
Let the ruling class tremble at a
Communist Revolution, because the
Proletariat has nothing to loose and
the whole world to win.
REVOLUTION
Never play with revolution: Once you
decide to begin one, you must make
your mind up to stay with it till the end.
Fight Till the End Fight Till the End
The press must not be permitted to
abuse their authority. They must be
censored unless they support the party
NO Censorship THE PRESS Censorship
Every man who occupies himself with
religion, or agrees with it teachings,
Prostitutes himself in the worst way.
Against Religion RELIGION Against Religion
Christianity is the Drug of the Weak,
allowing the Bourgeoisie to enslave
the hard working Proletariat.
Weakens the People CHRISTIANITY Weakens the People
It is the Jewish Bourgeoisie who is our
enemy, not the Jewish Worker. But
together, they are both our enemies.
Persecuted the Jews JEWS Persecuted the Jews
Communism is the revolutionary
dictatorship of the Proletariat against
the Bourgeoisie (to defeat Capitalism).
Destroy Capitalism COMMUNISM Destroy Capitalism
COMMUNIST
REVOLUTION
The struggle of the Proletariat will be
determined by the fact that Russia will
become the Largest and Strongest
Population on the Globe.
World Domination World Domination

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RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
TIMELINE OF EVENTS
RUSSIAN MARXISTS SPLIT INTO TWO KEY GROUPS
MENSHEVIKS and BOLSHEVIKS
Protests became an Uprising MARCH REVOLUTION
WORKER’S SLOGANS 1. “Down with Autocracy”
2. “Down with the War”
Revolutionaries Executed CZAR NICHOLAS & Family
The DUMA Established PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT
Revolutionaries Formed Local Advisory Councils SOVIETS

APRIL
1917
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
TIMELINE OF EVENTS
Germans supported return of key Leader
Vladimir
LENIN
PEOPLE’S RALLYING CRY FOR REVOLUTION “All Power to the Soviets”
NOV
1917
Uprising of the Workers BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION
Took over the Government BOLSHEVIK RED GUARDS
MARCH 1918
Russian’s Leave Major Conflict
WORLD WAR ONE

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RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
TIMELINE OF EVENTS
Causes for widespread
anger among Russians
1. Terms of the German Treaty
2. Violent Bolshevik Policies
3. Murder of the Royal Family
BOLSHEVIK MILITARY FORMED THE RED ARMY
BOLSHEVIK OPPONENTS FORMED THE WHITE ARMY
Internal Conflict Erupted RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR
BOLSHEVIKS RENAMED PARTY COMMUNIST PARTY
(Because they believed they
had reached the final phase
of Marx’s Radical Socialism)