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World War I
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War
After the War
Road to War
Soviet Union 1914-1939
Russian Revolution
Stalin
Lenin
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Interwar
Italy
Weimar
Nazi
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World War II
War in Europe
War in the Pacific
Holocaust
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Russian Revolution
Russian revolution
1905
Russia: Backwards, Imperialist, Serfdom, Agrarian (not industrialised), Big
Tsar: Nicholas II
believes that god himself placed him in this position
does believes his voice is more valuable than democracy
Tension: People are fed up with the Tsar
Military embarrassment: Russo-jap War of 1905
Japan has revolutionized their army
Japan crushed russia, particularly the russian navy
Riots at Winterplace → get rid of Tsar
Civil War
Nicholas II creates an elected DUMA → Russian Parliament
1914 takes it all back
threat of a second revolution
first World War breaks out to distract from inner political issues
Russia is doing very badly in the War
Tsar is not only worried about the Riots at Winter Palace
also worried about losing the War
Russia killed 30 000 of their own soldiers in the first World War
1916: Tsar goes off to the front
Alexandra (Wife) left in charge of the country
Children: Anastasia, Alexander (suffers from Hemophilia)
Rasputin: offers to heal Alexander→ condition: let Rasputin help lead the country and having sexual relationships with Rasputin
Rasputin gets killed
March 1917: 200 000 soldiers strike not willing to fight the War
Tsar orders police to murder all the soldiers
Police refuses
Tsar takes back his position from the Throne and the Russian Empire disappears
Provisional Government
Alexander Kerensky (Head of the provisional government)
Problems: 200 000 people striking
economic disaster
Duma gets occupied by Council of workers/soviet (administrating St. Petersburg)
Russian cities start popping up with Soviets
Soviets:
Mensheviks: Orthodox
→ Communism
Bolsheviks: Pragmatic
Communism
: Karl Marx wrote book: Communist Manifesto (responding to industrialisation)
Situation in Russia: Balance: Keep people low wages in order to make more money but give workers enough money in order to prevent them of quitting job
“ The history of the World hitherto is the History of class struggle”
The rich people helping the government and the government helping the rich
Only way out of this situation is a violent revolution
eliminate the rich and have the population share wealth of the world
industrialize russia before the violent revolution
Leon Trotsky (industrialize Russia and wait with revolution) and “Lenin” (Promises food, power for the end of the war)
March- October
Lenin calls “All soviet Congress” → we are now bolshevik Russia
November
Peaceful revolution - November Revolution: Bolshevik come to power
World War I
Essay
War
After the War
Road to War
Soviet Union 1914-1939
Russian Revolution
Stalin
Lenin
Essay
Interwar
Italy
Weimar
Nazi
Essay
World War II
War in Europe
War in the Pacific
Holocaust
Essay