IV.%20Russian%20Revolution

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IV. Russian Revolution
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A. War on the Eastern Front

• Eastern Front Battlefields along Russia
  Germany
• 1914 Russian forces attack both Germany
  Austria
• Loss battles to both armies

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• 1916 The entire Russian effort was near
  collapse
• Russian army was continually short on food, guns,
  ammunitions, and clothing

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B. Revolution

• Nicholas II Czar of Russia at start of World
  War I
• Russian troops were no match for highly trained
  German troops
• Defeat followed defeat
• Destroyed troops morale and food and fuel supply
  in Russia dwindled

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Family of Nicholas II
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C. Czar Steps Down

• March Revolution 200,000 workers swarmed the
  streets of Petograd
• Soldiers were told to shoot them but instead
  sided with them
• March 15, 1917 Nicholas II is forced to step
  down
• Royal family is later executed

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D. Bolshevik Revolution

• Provisional government keeps fighting in World
  War I
• Bolsheviks Revolutionary Russian Marxist led by
  Vladimir Lenin

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• Lenin promises Russians land, peace, bread

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E. Lenin in Power

• Farmland is distributed among the peasants
• Gave control of factories to the workers
• Renames the Bolshevik party to the Communist Party

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• Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (March 1918) Stops all
  fighting between Germany and Russia

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F. Results of Russias Withdraw

• Without Russia, Germany was able to send all of
  their troops to the Western Front
• Russia becomes the Soviet Union as a result of
  these revolutions