Ethan Davis - Russian Revolution

Rasputin was apart of the Russian Revolution. -Mystic-faith healer -Helped heal -Became close with Alexandra

Bloody Sunday -Russia explodes with violence after loss to Japan -Massacre in St. Petersburg Russia. -The beginning of violent phase of russian revolution

Start of Russian Revolution Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin led his leftist revolutionaries in a revolt against the ineffective Provisional Government

Karl Marx Marx's book, "The Communist Manifesto" Took a huge part in inspiring Lenin and Trotsky to spread the work of communism.

World War 1 starts

World War 1 ends

CHEKA Formed by Vladimir Lenin to kill anyone against the revolution.

Russian Civil War starts

Russian Civil War ends

Russian Civil War conflict in which the Red Army successfully defended the newly formed Bolshevik government led by Vladimir I. Lenin against various Russian and interventionist anti-Bolshevik armies.

Trotsky Trotsky played a particularly important role in building up the Red Army, without which the revolution would have been crushed.

Czar Nicholas II Loses to Japan in War. Showed Russian weakness.

Mensheviks one of the factions within the Russian socialist movement, the other being the Bolsheviks. The factions emerged in 1903 following a dispute within the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) between Julius Martov and Vladimir Lenin.

Bolshevik Revolution On November 6 and 7, 1917 leftist revolutionaries led by Bolshevik Party leader Vladimir Lenin launched a nearly bloodless coup d'état against the Duma's provisional government.

Kerensky- Alexander Kerensky was a lawyer and key political figure during the Russian Revolution. On November 7th, His Government was Overthrown by Lenin and the Bolsheviks.

Stalin After being elected to the Bolshevik Central Committee in April 1917, Stalin helped Lenin to evade capture by authorities and ordered the besieged Bolsheviks to surrender to avoid a bloodbath.

1905 Revolution This is a Revolution that took place in Russia that was a wave of mass political and social unrest that spread through vast areas of the Russian Empire, some of which was directed at the government. It included worker strikes, peasant unrest, and military mutinies.

Creation of the Soviets- In the early months the soviet was dominated by the Mensheviks. Soldiers, as well as industrial workers, played an important role in the soviets established in 1917. By using a variety of different methods, the Bolsheviks gained control and on 14th June 1918, Mensheviks and Socialist Revolutionaries were expelled.

Russian 5 Year plan This plan was a list of economic goals made by the Union of Russian Socialist Republics. This was created by General Secretary Joseph Stalin.

New Economic Policy- an economic policy of Soviet Russia proposed by Vladimir Lenin, who described it as a progression towards "state capitalism" within the workers' state of the USSR.

Tsarina Alexandra Alexandra Feodorovna was Empress of Russia as the spouse of Nicholas II, the last ruler of the Russian Empire.

provisional government The Russian Provisional Government was a provisional government of Russia established immediately following the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II of the Russian Empire on 2 March

propaganda Propoganda was used in all different ways during the revolution. From terroising its enimies to trying to sell certain items or phrases

Rev. of 1917 (Feb) In Russia, the February Revolution begins on this day in 1917, when riots and strikes over the scarcity of food erupt in Petrograd (now St. Petersburg).

Rev. of 1917 (Oct) a revolution in Russia led by the Bolsheviks and Vladimir Lenin that was instrumental in the larger Russian Revolution of 1917. It took place with an armed insurrection in Petrograd on 25 October (7 November, New Style) 1917.

Russian 5 year plan