Russian+Revolution

__**1916-1921**__ **Dolan & Matt**  "A lie told often enough becomes the truth." - [|Vladimir Lenin] __**10 Important Terms:**__ __**5 Links:**__ The Russian Revolution This link has tons of information on the Russian Revolution. Some examples would be like what caused it to start and who the main leaders of the revolution were. Rasputin Biography Here is a site that has a full biography of Grigori Rasputin. It includes information on where he was born and what he did to make him famous.
 * **Soviets:** Councils composed of representatives from the workers and soldiers, was largely made up of socialists and a group called the Bolsheviks.
 * **War Communism:** Means government control of banks and most industries, the seizing of grain from peasants, and the centralization of state administration under communist control.
 * **Hemophilia:** This is a deficiency in the ability to clot blood, this was the disease that Czar Nicholas' son, Alexis, had. Alexis was to be the heir to the throne.
 * **The Duma:** Legislative body which the Czar had tried to dissolve. On March 12, it established the provisional government.
 * **The Provisional Government:** Government that was established by the Duma. It consisted mainly of middle-class Duma representatives and was headed by Alexander Kerensky.
 * **Vanguard:** Means forefront, which was established by Lenin that means a small party of well-disciplined professional revolutionaries.
 * **Sealed Train:** Train that Lenin was forced to take to Russia. The Germans sent him on the train to try to create disorder in Russia and sealed the train so that none of his ideas would infect Germany.
 * **Commissar of War:** Position that was held by Leon Trotsky who reinstated the draft and insisted on rigid discipline.
 * **Cheka:** The new Red secret police who began a red terror aimed at the destruction of all those who opposed the new regime.
 * **Congress of Soviets:** Represented local Soviets from all over the country, eventually Lenin turned over the power of the provisional government to them.

media type="youtube" key="JO5-hM6xKt4" height="315" width="420" media type="custom" key="14144814" media type="custom" key="14144834" Timeline: 1 . December 1916- Rasputin was assassinated. 2. 1917- Czar Nicholas II __steps__ down from Czar. 3. November 1917- Bolshevik's seize Winter Palace. 4. March 8, 1917- March revolution takes place led by working-class women. 5 . March 10, 1917- All factories in city of March Revolution shut down. 6. March 1917- Soviet of Petrograd formed. 7. March 1917- Russian Provisional Government formed. 8. April 1917- German military leaders ship Lenin to Russia. 9. March 3, 1918- Lenin signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. 10. 1921- Communists have total command in Russia.

Russia was unprepared for World War I. They had no competent military leaders. And Czar Nicholas II insisted on leading the armed forces. The Russians were also not able to supply the army with arms. With this combination Russia suffered great losses between 1914-1916. And by 1917 they had lost their will to fight.

While Czar Nicholas II was at war he left his wife Alexandra to rule. She was greatly influenced by Grigori Rasputin, who was an uneducated peasant who claimed to be a holy man. He had great influence through her on the Russian government. Then began many revolutions and soon the government was in time for a total revolution.

The man for the revolution was V. I. Lenin. He led the Bolsheviks of Russia. Over the course of 1917-1921 the Communists gained control over all of Russia. They fought many opponents such as the White Army of Siberia. They also gained control of Georgia, Russian Armenia, and Azerbaijan.