Lecture
13: Russian Revolution
I.
Announcements and Questions
A.
case study due November 13
B.
final study
guide will soon be available
C.
Questions
1.
What caused
the Russian revolution?
2.
What was
the relationship with the Russian revolution and WWI?
3.
Was ideology
a central motivation to the Russian Revolution?
II.
Causes of
the Russian Revolution (1917)
A.
failures of
the 1905 revolution/political crises
B.
political
views and desires
C.
Economic
Concerns
D.
WWI
III.
Russian
Revolution
A.
February
days (February 1917)[1]
B.
creation of
new and competing forms of government
1.
Provisional
Government
2.
Soviets
3.
peasants
C.
Experienced
ideological divisions
1.
Lenin
2.
Mensheviks
D.
Experienced
political failures
E.
Bolshevik
Revolution November 1917
1.
New
government
2.
Still
dissatisfaction
F.
outbreak of
civil war
G.
Creation of
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Questions for Sections
What are the similarities/differences between the Russian Revolution (1917) and the French Revolution of 1789? The Russian Revolution (1917) and the 1848 Revolutions?
Was the Russian Revolution an unlawful coup or a popular revolution?
Can we divide the Russian revolution into phases? If so, what would those phases look like?
What kind of government does Lenin call for in his proclamation?
What are the resolutions adopted by the Soviet Congresses?
For next lecture: Who is concerned
about the masculinization of women and why
Terms
Russian
Revolution (1917)
Pogroms
Bolsheviks
Vladimir
Ilyich Ulyanov ÒLeninÓ
Mensheviks
Socialist
Revolutionaries
February
days
Duma
Soviets
April
Theses
ÒLand,
Bread, PeaceÓ
Communists
Bolsheviks
Red
Army
Òred
terrorÓ
Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics