CH4 sec. 4.3 The Russian Revolution

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CH4 War, revolution and economic crisis

4.3 The Russian Revolution

Learning objectives

Learning objectives 4.3

1) I can name three reasons why people in Russia revolted.

2) I can explain what the Communists (Bolsheviks) wanted.

3) I can explain what the Communists changed in Russia's government, economy and society.

4) I can explain using two examples that the Soviet Union became a dictatorship under communism.

5) I can explain what a totalitarian state is.

I know the terms and dates of this (sub)section.

Why did the poor people of Russia dislike the tsar?

Name three reasons why the Russian people revolted in 1917.

Who took over power during the October Revolution of 1917?

Why was according to Lenin a second revolution needed after the first one?

A communist society

Communist society = society in which everything is owned by the state.

• The communist government took full control of economy. 

     - Russian industry became state-owned.
     - Farmland from landowners was distributed among the peasants. 

• Religion was banned from society and women received the same rights as men. 
• Lenin gradually became a dictator, a leader with absolute power. 

What wasn't a reason why the Russian people revolted in February 1917?

1. Economic crisis
2. Many young Russian soldiers died on the battlefields of World War I
3. People suffered from a famine
4. The absolute rule of the tsar

What are economic consequences of the Russian Revolution?

1. Communist government took full control of economy.
2. Lenin gradually became a dictator.
3. Religion was banned from society and women received the same rights as men.

What are economic consequences of the Russian Revolution?

1. Farmland from landowners was distributed among the peasants.
2. Lenin gradually became a dictator.
3. Religion was banned from society and women received the same rights as men.
4. Russian industry became state-owned.

Which consequence of the Russian Revolution is a political change?

1. Communist government took full control of economy.
2. Lenin gradually became a dictator.
3. Religion was banned from society and women received the same rights as men.

What consequence of the Russian Revolution shows a change in society?

1. Communist government took full control of economy.
2. Lenin gradually became a dictator.
3. Religion was banned from society and women received the same rights as men.

A dictatorship

1918-1922 Civil war between Reds (communists) and Whites (everyone else). Bolsheviks won the civil war.

1922 Soviet Union (USSR) founded. 

In 1924, Joseph Stalin became the new leader of the Soviet Union. 

- ruthless dictator, 

- using propaganda to indoctrinate the Russian people.

A dictatorship

The Soviet Union became a dictatorship:

• Ruled by the communist party - other parties were banned -  under the leadership of Lenin and - later - Stalin.
• Criticism of the communist party was not allowed.
• The communist party controlled what was learned and said at schools, the library, trade union and clubs. 
• Secret police kept an eye on everyone and arrested people who were seen as a threat to communism. People would be send to Gulags in Siberia or executed. 

Totalitarian state = a state in which the government controls every part of people’s life

Learning objectives

Learning objectives 4.3

1) I can name three reasons why people in Russia revolted.

2) I can explain what the Communists (Bolsheviks) wanted.

3) I can explain what the Communists changed in Russia's government, economy and society.

4) I can explain using two examples that the Soviet Union became a dictatorship under communism.

5) I can explain what a totalitarian state is.

I know the terms and dates of this (sub)section.

Get to work

What? See whiteboard.

How? Alone 

Help? Ask neighbour. Can't figure it out? Ask teacher. 

Time? Until the end of the lesson. 

Done? Learn terms and dates. Ask teacher.