Transcript Russian Revolution 1917

Russian Revolution 1917
Equality, Justice, …..
Tsar Nicholas
• Sometimes kind,
sometimes cruel
• Weak/poor leader
compared to
western kings
The Romanov Family
Winter Castle
Catherine Palace
Tsar Nicholas and Family
• Son was a
hemophiliac
• Anastasia mystery
• Murdered by
revolutionaries
Faberge Eggs
• Russian treasures
• Confiscated many
after execution
• Worth millions
Alexandra Romanov
• Brought the Mad
Monk into the
palace
• Revolutionaries
used the Monk to
strengthen
opposition to the
Tsar and his family
Alexei As A Child
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Blood disorder
“Bleeder”
Mother is a carrier
Any slight injury
could cause him to
bleed to death
The Mad Monk
• Rasputin
• Tsar’s family
believed he saved
son’s life
• Thought to have
supernatural healing
powers
• Big influence on
Tsar, especially wife
Mad Monk Assassinated
• Nobles saw him as
problem
• Poison, bullet,
beating didn’t do the
job
• Drowned in icy
water
Anastasia
Romanov Death Cellar
Execution
• Family, four
servants, and doctor
held captive
• Death shooting
squad
• Didn’t die easily
Anastasia Romanov
• Did she survive?
• Was she saved by
one of the soldiers?
• Movies and books
carry the legend
Karl Marx
• Philosopher
• Father of
communism
• “Workers of the
world unite!”
• Died before the
Russian Revolution
Leon Trotsky
• Pure communist;
followed Marx
• Wanted to improve life
for all Russians
• Lenin’s KGB (secret
police) chased him
away
• Other leader of October
revolution
• Well-educated
Communism…in its purist
form
• Rules and
regulations…..
• No owners, no rich,
no poor
• All are equal
• Government owns
everything, people
own government
Leon Trotsky: Murdered
• Exiled in body and spirit
• Face removed from
photos
• Historical role was
rewritten
• Denounced as traitor
and conspirator
• Assassinated in Mexico
City in 1940 by Stalin’s
agent
Joseph Stalin
• Not as well educated as
Trotsky
• Didn’t follow Marx’s
philosophy
• Pragmatic, not
philosophical
• Craved power; killed
those who did not agree
with him
• Began KGB/secret
police
Lenin
• Supported by KGB
• Strong propaganda
Children for Revolution
Propaganda
• Propaganda is, according to the
dictionary:
• “the spreading of ideas, information, or
rumor for the purpose of helping or
injuring an institution, a cause, or a
person”
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Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary. Published by Encyclopedia Britannica, 2009, 11 th Edition
Propaganda
• Controlled all news
• Supported revolution
leaders
• Lied when necessary to
retain support for
leaders
• Education was
controlled by leaders;
people weren’t sure of
what was what.
Marching in the Streets
Russian Red Arm Band
• Red = color of the
revolution
• People who wanted
to stay out of trouble
wore the arm band
Tough times, bread lines
• Goods went first to
soldiers and
government
• Bread lines ran out
of supplies
• People were
desperate
• Joined army for food
Marching Troops
Romanov Treasures
Confiscated
Some believed Alexei lived!
Romanovs Reburied
Russian Farmers
• Stalin wanted collective
farms
• Ukraine farmers
resisted/killed livestock
• Stalin executed farmers
who destroyed their
livestock
• 4-10 million Ukranians
were starved to death
by Stalin; Ukranian
holocaust….
Revolution?
Success or Failure?