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Russian Revolution: Civil War & The Soviet Union

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Russian Revolution: Civil War & The Soviet Union

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  1. Russian Revolution:Civil War & The Soviet Union Objective: Analyze the causes and consequences of the Russian Revolution including: 1)  The lack of economic, political and social reforms under the czars; 2) the impact of World War I; 3) The emergence of Lenin, Stalin, and the Bolsheviks; 4) The rise of communism in Russia.

  2. In 1918, Russia was still in turmoil. • Lenin and the Bolsheviks had seized power but were not supported by all Russians. Civil War [1918-1921]

  3. Who seized power following the November revolution?Did all Russians support Lenin and the Bolsheviks?

  4. With aid from the United States and other Allied nations, some opponents of the Bolsheviks fought against the new government. • In 1918, the White Army of the opposition began a civil war to take back control from the Bolsheviks. Czechoslovak legionaries of 8th regiment killed by Bolsheviks at Nikolsk Ussuriysky. 1918. Civil War [1918-1921]

  5. Who provided support to opponents of the new Bolshevik government?What was the name of this opposition group?What did this lead to?

  6. Three years later, the fighting ended with the victorious Bolsheviks firmly in control. • They had crushed all domestic [inside the country] opposition groups and ousted the Allies. A Red Army detachment during the October Revolution Civil War [1918-1921]

  7. Who won the civil war?

  8. American Troops American & Japanese Troops Parade Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War

  9. Anti-Bolshevik Japanese troops in Vladivostok during the Russian Civil War - 1921 British troops arriving in Arkangelsk to replace the American troops who will be going home - early 1919. Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War

  10. Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War

  11. Almost 15 million people died in the fighting. • Now Lenin and the Bolsheviks faced a new task—the job of governing the vast country. Starving children in Russia Civil War [1918-1921] Starving Russians during the drought of 1921

  12. How many Russians lost their life in the civil war?What major task did Lenin and the Bolsheviks have following the civil war?

  13. In 1922, Russia was reorganized into the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. • The USSR, or Soviet Union, was a federation of 15 individual republics. • Each was known as a soviet republic, a reference to the revolutionary councils of the Russian revolution. The Soviet Union

  14. The Soviet Union

  15. How was Russia reorganized in 1922?What was Russia’s new name? [2]How many republics existed in the new Russian country?How or why was the name chosen for these republics? [In honor of…]

  16. A Communist government was established to govern this union of republics, and Moscow became the new national capital. • Lenin ruled the nation as a dictator. • By the time of his death in 1924, Lenin had transformed Russia from an absolute monarchy into a Communist dictatorship. Funeral of V.I. Lenin - 1924 The Soviet Union

  17. What type of government was set up to govern the union of republics?What is the name of the new capital?How did Lenin rule the new nation?Lenin transformed Russia from one government system to another. Name those government systems.

  18. Who seized power following the November revolution?Did all Russians support Lenin and the Bolsheviks? • Who provided support to opponents of the new Bolshevik government?What was the name of this opposition group?What did this lead to? • Who won the civil war? • How many Russians lost their life in the civil war?What major task did Lenin and the Bolsheviks have following the civil war? Bell Questions

  19. How was Russia reorganized in 1922?What was Russia’s new name? [2]How many republics existed in the new Russian country?How or why was the name chosen for these republics? [In honor of…] • What type of government was set up to govern the union of republics?What is the name of the new capital?How did Lenin rule the new nation?Lenin transformed Russia from one government system to another. Name those government systems. Bell Questions

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