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5. THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION & 6. THE BIRTH OF THE SOVIET UNION, image,…
5. THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION & 6. THE BIRTH OF THE SOVIET UNION
THE REVOLUTIONS OF 1917
The February revolution
The government introduced
Ration Cards
the
Duma
and the
Soviet
Agreed to form a
Provisional Government
Lenin presented
April Theses
At the
Conference of Soviets
The October revolution
General Kornilov
Tried to
overthrow
the
government
and install a military dictatorship
Bolsheviks organised
October Revolution
and
triumph
They spread the
idea
that a
Communist Revolution
was beginning
worldwide
THE FIRST REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT
Sovnarkom
, chaired by
Lenin
First decreed
were signed
Economic
decrees
Decree of the
right
of
self-determination
Decree of
Land
Decree of the
Tcheka
Decree on
Peace
Decrees for the
emancipation
of
women
The Congress of the Soviets
Made laws
and
elected members
of the
Sovnarkom
Elections by universal suffrage
were held
To
elect
a
Constituent Assembly
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
1918
Lenin signed
a
peace treaty
with
Germany
Trosky
(1879-1840)
Responsible
for
signing
the
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Organised the Red Army
during the
Russian Civil War
(1918-1920)
THE RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR AND FOREIGN INTERVENTION
Situation
in
Russia
was
chaotic
Due to that,
Counterrevolutionary armed groups emerged
October Revolution aspired
to
create
a
Communist society without social classes
Russian Civil War
(1918-1923)
It was fought by 2 groups
White
Army
Counterrevolutionaies
Red
Army
Revolutionary
THE SOVIET STATE
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(USSR) or
Soviet Union
Was
formed
in
1922
The
resonse
to the
war
situation was called
War Communism
The
government
consolidated
One-party dictatorship
At the
end
of the
civil war
, the
economic
situation was
critical
New Economic Policy
(NEP) was the
solution
Mix
between
capitalism
&
socialism
Lenin died
in
1924
The Communist Party of the Soviet Union
(CPSU)
1918, old
Social Democratic Party
was
trasnformed
into
The Communist Party of Russia
