revolutions and civil war a.march revolution b.the bolshevik revolution c.civil war d.vladimir lenin
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Revolutions and Civil War
A. March Revolution
B. The Bolshevik Revolution
C. Civil War
D. Vladimir Lenin
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A. The March Revolution
• Support for a revolution is growing
• It begins in March 1917
• Czar Nicholas II forced to abdicate (step down as czar)
• New provisional government formed
Alexander Kerensky
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• New government not liked because they continued fighting in WWI
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B. The Bolshevik Revolution• Bolsheviks – Russian communists led by Lenin
• They overthrew the provisional government in November 1917
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• Lenin pulled Russia out of WWI & signed Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
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C. Civil War• Citizens angry about the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk • Civil war between the Bolsheviks (Red Army) and
the Mensheviks (White Army)
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• Czar Nicholas and his family are killed in 1918 by the Bolsheviks
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• Civil war lasts from 1918-1920
• 8 million Russians died during the civil war
• 7 million died in the famine that followed
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• Bolsheviks win the Civil War
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D. Vladimir (V.I.) Lenin• First Premier (leader) of
the Soviet Union & the Communist Party
• The Communist Party controlled the government
• Begins to transform Russia into a Communist state
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• Began the New Economic Policy
• The government controlled major industries to increase production
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• In 1922 Lenin transformed Russia into the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics (U.S.S.R.)