The Russian Civil War

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The Russian Civil War

• 1917-1921

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New Government

• Nicholas abdicates in 1916 (during the war).
• Alexander Kerensky, former leader of the Duma,
  leads the new Provisional Government.
• People wanted to get out of the Great War, but
  Kerensky refused to withdraw.

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Meanwhile

• Lenin made a deal with Germany to help him
  re-enter Russia.
• Lenin promised to take Russia out of the war if
  he came to power.
• Lenin and Leon Trotsky offered the people Peace,
  Land, and Bread.

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The Civil War begins

• The Bolsheviks (led by Lenin and Trotsky)
  overthrow the the Prov. Gov. in November 1917.
• Bolshevik means the majority. The Communist
  Party.
• Slogan was Power to the Soviets!
• Soviet a council of revolutionary soldiers and
  workers.

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Warfare

• REDS Bolsheviks/Communists
• WHITES Tsarist supporters and/or democrats,
  anti-communists.
• Both sides used terrorist tactics.
• Reds formed the Cheka a terrorist secret
  police.
• War communism commies took over banks,
  railroads, mines, factories, and farms.

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Warfare

• Reds arrested the Romanovs and held them in house
  arrest, where they were later executed together.
• Britain, France, and the USA supported the
  Whites
• Wanted Russia to stay in the war.

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OUTCOME

• Communist Reds have victory in 1921.
• Promised to give control to the people.
• In reality, the Comm. Party had absolute control
  just as the czar had.
• Created the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics-
  the USSR.
• It soon became the worlds largest dictatorship.

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The Soviet Union

• The flag

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The Soviet Unions Republics

• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Belaruse
• Estonia
• Georgia
• Kazakhstan
• Kirghizstan
• Latvia

• Lithuania
• Moldova
• Russia
• Tajikistan
• Turkmenistan
• Ukraine
• Uzbekistan