Russian+Revolution+of+1917

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__**Five facts on Russian Revolution Powerpoint**__ 1. Revolutions were sparked by a large peasant population, lack of republican ideals and a poor government system. 2. The revolution began in March 1917 with riots in St.Petersburg where even the army sides with the rioters. 3. On November 1917 the rioters lead by Lenin & Bolsheviks overthrow government. 4. In 1918 they royal family is murdered, and they establish the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ending war with Germany. 5. The Revolution leads to more then 2 years of civil war between the Communists and Anti-Communists.

**Long Term and Short Term Causes of Russian Revolution**


[|BBC Long Term Causes]



[|Causes of Revolution] and [|Revolution of 1917]

**Visual Discovery Activity** :



=Role of Rasputin=

Russia was dominated and run by social classes where the royal family ruled over all while the peasants are seen working for everyone else which places them at the bottom of the social class pyramid. The size of each group is also relevant because most people were in the peasant/working social class, but number of population goes down as you reach the top of the pyramid while power goes up.

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=Opener:= I think the Tsar was the most significant long term cause cause of the Russian Revolution, because he made all the decisions for Russia. He was the blame for all the defeats of war and everything that Russia was going through. Rasputin was a significant short term cause of the Russian Revolution, because at one point in time, he ruled Russia. He hypnotized people to think that he is a holy man and that he can cure all illnesses. Alexandria put him in charge when Nicholas put her in charge. Russia was technically being control by a drunken peasant that fooled everyone.

=Visual Discovery Activity:=

In this cartoon Rasputin has the Tsar and his wife in his hands, it seems like he is much bigger than them. This shows that he had power over them, Rasputin was their gaurdian or their guide. He is there to "hold them" in their time of need. His creepy eyes has a hypnotized look that shows us that he was not like any other guy. He had a reputation of being a drunken peasant, as dipicted in the cartoon he had a shaggy beard. A shaggy beard shows that he was not properly groomed.

=Russian Revolution Activity:=

The government in Russia changed. Russia became a communist country after the Revolution and it led people to change.