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| didn't realize the effects that the war was having on his people, and they ultimately overthrew and executed him and his entire family |
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"middle/working class"; they overthrew the czar to form Communist Russia according to Marx
were devout followers of Lenin |
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-Bread riots that turned into a full-scale revolt against the czar
-Russians had lost faith in their gov't and their military and wanted to end thier involvment in the war
-creates a duma- similar to GB's parliament, and is a limited monarchy/goverment type |
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| was a revolutionary leader who adapted Marx's theories to fit Russia. He was exiled for spreading his radical ideas. He lead the Bolsheviks to victory in many wars and revolutions, and became Russia's first communist leader. |
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| A speedy revolt against the new Russian gov't, lead by Lenin and creates the communist gov't |
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a war fought btwn the "reds" and the "whites" over who'd rule Russia (the reds won)
Trotsky lead the red army |
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| during the Civil War, the communists tooks banks, mines, RRs and factories to provide the army with provisions |
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| Formed in 1922 with the formation of a Russian Constitution passed by the Great Soviet |
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The NEP allowed small businesses to reopen but the gov't controlled banks, large industries, and foreign trade
allowed farmers to sell surpluss grain for profits
raised economy |
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fought for the leadership of Russia with Stalin after Lenin's death
lead the red army during the Civil War |
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tried to make Russia an industrial nation
put all industry under gov't control
quotas- have to meet them or you'll be sent to the goulag
the products sucked, so nobody wanted them |
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| Russian farmers were put onto collectives and set a rediculously high quota that they had to meet each day, but people resisted this to the best of their ability |
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-violent raids of the country to try and find any resistance of the gov't
-either killed the people or put them onto forced labour camps |
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-totalitarian: one party that controls everything
-there was great terror (purges) and secrecy among all the citizens because they were afraid of what would happen to them if they spoke against the gov't |
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| became the upper class and everyone else was "equally the lower class" |
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a new form of art that praied the gov't and communism in general
was the only art form that existed at the time because if you painted in other ways you would be killed |
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Propaganda was used to promote the gov't and to show the "evils" of the west
brought a strong wave of nat'lism |
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-atheism was the state religion
-persecuted all other reliions
-sacred texts were Marx and Lenin's writings
-enshrined Lenin's grave |
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