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nicholas ll became tsar
Believed he was the absolute ruler anointed by God -
battle of tannenberg
massive defeat at hands of Hindenburg and Ger. -
The Collapse of the Imperial Government
Rasputin assassinated in December of 1916 that resulted in
Complete mismanagement of the wartime economy -
Lenin Steps into This Vacuum
Amnesty granted to all political prisoners in March of 1917He preached that the war was a capitalist/imperialist war that offered no rewards for the peasants/workers; he also felt the war was over w/ the czar’s abdication -
duma
Duma declared itself a Provisional Government on March12 -
The March Revolution of 1917
Czar Nicholas II abdicated (gave up) his power -
tsar
Tsar ordered soldiers to intervene; instead they joined the rebellion…the Tsar thus abdicated on March 17 -
Lenin formed the Military-Revolutionary Council
This gave control of the army to the common soldiers; discipline thus collapsed, and Kerensky was undermined -
The Russian Revolution
Also known as the: Bolshevik Revolution, bolsheviks staged a coup d’etat in St. Petersburg and bolsheviks claimed absolute power -
the november revolution
this was the ideological aspect of the rev., w/ the coup itself planned by Leon Trotsky, who had gained the confidence of the army (= the “Red Miracle”) -
Peace with Germany
Lenin’s 1st order of business = get Russia out of WWI and Signed peace treaty with Germany in March 1918 -
November Revolution (cont)
Bolshevik Party renamed Communist Party in March of 1918 -
“Whites” surrendered
Outnumbered, disorganized, poorly equipped armies -
Lenin in Power
Russia becomes USSR = Union of Soviet Socialist Republics = Soviet Union -
Lenin in Power
Lenin died in 1924 at the age of 54
