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Rusian Revolution and USSR
Characterisitcs of Russian Empire
No civil rights and political parties
Semi-feudal economy
Lands owned by a minority
And worked by a majority
Autocratic government
Nicholas II had unlimited power
Majority of population were poor peasants
Cuases of Revolution
New political parties
To oppose tsar
The Constitutional Democratic Party
Establish a parliamentary monarchy
The Russian Social Labour Democratic Party
Marxist ideas
Mensheviks
Liberal regime
Bolsheviks
More radical
Establish the dictatorship of the proletariat
The Social Revolutionary Party
Interests of peasants
1905 Revolutions
Workers asked for improvements
Suppressed brutally
Bloody Sunday
People responded manifesting
The Social Democratic Workers's Party met
Nicholas II did dome political reforms
Russo-Japanesse War
Because the control of a territory
Russia was defeated
New taxes to pay the conflict
Participation on WWI
Population discontented
Peasants had to fight
Russia didn't have resources
1917 Revolutions
Caused by WWI
1st phase, provisional government
About conditions after war
Russian monarch forced to abdicate
Succesful revolution of workers
Provisional government was formed
By liberals and socialists
Proclamed Russia a republic
Legalised political parties
Universal male suffrage
Objective of creating a constitution
FAILED
Didn't redistribute lands between peasants
Promised
New parallel government
Put Russia out of war
By soviets
Bolsheviks gained the support of soviets
Because the met of workers's demands
2nd phase, Bolshevik government
Bolsheviks attacked Winter Palace
Established a new proletariat government
Stalin People's Commissar of Nationalities
Trotski People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs and Head of the Army
Lenin People's Commissar
First actions of Lenin's government
Redistribute lands between peasants
Change Bolshevik party to Communist party
Sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany
Russia allowed to be out of war
Gave territories to Germany
Found the Third International
Comintern
To control all communist parties
Bolshevik government persecuted its opponents
In 1918 Romanov family was executed
Civil War
Between
Counter-revolutionaries
White Army
Allies's support
Defeated
Bolshevik forces
Red Army
Defended new government
Russia 1918-1921
Creation of USSR
Marxist ideas
Dictatorship of the proletariat
Communist Party the only one
Capital in Moscow
Political power held by soviets
USSR was a federal estate
1922
Stalinism
Lenin died in 1924
Succeeded by Stalin
Fought against Trotski for government
All enemies of Stalin in gulags
Economy controlled by the state
Collectivisation of land
To buy industrial machinery
Manipulated russians ideologically
Private property wasn't allowed
Centralisation of the state
State owned and redistributed the wealth
USSR as a new very important economic and military power
Stalin wanted
Social equallity
Healthcare, education and housing for everyone
However, there were differences between
Governors with high incomes
Rest of the population with minimum wage