14-5 Revolution and Civil War in Russia

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1 This is propaganda from the Russian Revolution of 1917. Based this postcard, what do you believe the values of the Revolution were? Who was struggling for power in Russia? Write one paragraph to explain.

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3 After Bloody Sunday, ________ vowed to let the people have more power in government. Instead, he tightened his power and imposed his will (Ellis and Esler 478).

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4 Mr. War Minister! We, soldiers from various regiments…ask you to end the war and its bloodshed at any cost…If this is not done, then believe us when we say that we will take our weapons and head out for our own hearths to save our fathers, mothers, wives, and children from death by starvation (which is nigh). And if we cannot save them, then we’d rather die with them in our native lands than be killed, poisoned, or frozen to death somewhere and cast into the earth like a dog. --Letter from the front, 1917 (qtd. in Ellis and Esler 477) If you were the Russian War Minister, how would you respond to such a letter?

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5 Rasputin- Rasputin had great influence over the tsar and his wife (Ellis and Esler 478).

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6 Proletariat-

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7 The monarchy collapsed in 1917 for three reasons: 1. 2. 3. Soviets- Communism-

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8 Russia Before Communism

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9 Russia After Communism No private property – everything is shared .

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10 Lenin- Bolsheviks- Mensheviks-

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11 For three years, civil war raged in Russia for control of the government (Ellis and Esler 481) .

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12 In 1918, __________ killed the tsar and his entire family (Ellis and Esler 482). The _____ won the civil war, and in 1922, Russia became the U.S.S.R. (Ellis and Esler 482).

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13 After Lenin’s death in _____, two men competed for power over the Communist Party. Joseph Stalin Leon Trotsky

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14 _______ had more power, and _______ Trotsky. Stalin had Trotsky assassinated in _______.

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15 A new era in Russian history had begun.