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means "King"
In 1904: Russia-Japan War
Russia lost (just like Crimean War) and was disgraced again
Majority Peasant population
Rasputin helped Alexei with hemophilia many times
Carz began to trust him with more than just health
The public called him “Mad Monk”
and did not like or trust him
Average - work 11 hours a day
Price of goods increased dramatically
Inspired over 110,000 workers to go on strike
8 hour work days
Increase in wages
Improved working conditions
Workers gathered to present petition to Czar
As the procession reached Winter Palace, the guards were ordered to shoot…
Killed over 100 and wounded over 300
Peasants and Workers formed Soviets through out the country
Soviet-Council of citizens representing the large lower class
The Duma was created – group of elected middle class representatives
The Czar later
dismantled the Duma
Your Poster should include:
-A slogan that details your position - This should be short, catchy and easy to understand.
-Include a quick statement about the four most important issues facing the Russian people.
-The overall look of the poster should be attractive, interesting and easy to gather information
from especially for the members of society that cannot read.
Your Speech should include:
A clear, persuasive message that details your 4 main ideas and gets the Russia people to agree
with you about the direction the country should progress. The speech should be edited and approximately ½ of a page.
After working 12 hour days many women waited
in long lines to get bread for their children
Revolution of 1917: March 8th 10,000 women marched through Petrograd demanding
“Peace and Bread”
“Down with Autocracy”
Czar again ordered soldiers to shoot but many soldiers put down weapons and joined march
At first he ignored the revolt
Then the Duma met without his permission
They voted to no longer support the Czar
Without control of the military and support of the Upper-Class…
Nicholas the Second step down on March 15th ending 300 years of Romanov rule
Three slogans:
Leon Trotsky - lead successful attack on Winter Palace
Little bloodshed and new leadership
By 1921 Communists were in command of Russia and fighting in WWI
1946 The “Iron Curtain”
The Truman Doctrine 1947
The Marshall Plan 1947
Molotov Plan 1947
North Atlantic Treaty Organization 1949
Berlin Blockade 1948
Berlin Airlift 1948-1949
Soviet Union tests the Bomb 1949
1953 Stalin Dies
Nikita Khrushchev succeeds him
Period of de-Stalinization
-No terror
-Less ridged
-More consumer goods
Warsaw Pact 1955
The Invasion of Hungary 1956
Berlin Wall 1961
Invasion of Czechoslovakia 1968
Perestroika Policy - reconstruction of economy allow private ownership
Glasnost -Maximum publicity, openness and transparency in government
Berlin Wall Falls 1989
Marking the end of the Cold War
USSR dissolved 1991
New Russia 1990s
Vladimir Putin 1999-2015
Tsar
also spelled
Winter Palace
Was a mystic, faith healer, consultant…
He was important because
Priest Gapon created a petition:
1985 Mikhail Gorbachev
Boris Yeltsin 1991-1999 tries to increase freedom in economy
Corruption and financial trouble lead him to resign
Gorbachev resigns
Hammer and Sickle lowered for the last time
Elected president
-Many positive changes
-Increased economy
-81% approval rating 1999
-Never below 65%
-3 terms in office…
-Currently 86%
WWI begins-more nationalism
In Petrograd they began to ration Bread
Soviet group called the Bolsheviks - Socialists
Under leadership of Vladimir Lenin- tried to centralize power
Influenced by Karl Marx and Communism
-“Peace, Land, and Bread”
- “Workers Control of Production”
- “All Power to the Soviets”
Membership grew from 50,000 to 240,000
Temporary government was set up in Winter Palace
1- anti-communist forces were not unified
3- Russian people were not happy under Czar
1922 - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) - Soviet Union for short
Romnaovs were put under house arrest
2- Red Terror - secret police
Executed in the basement of the house
Renamed themselves Communists
vs. Ottoman Empire
Russia was more powerful but still lost
Seen as a disgrace
Russians had little faith in the Czar