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Stage I: Early
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- Early 1917 to Mar. 16, 1917
- Causes: Incompetence of the govt. particularly exacerbated by Rusputin. Huge casualties from the war. Downward plunge of a Tsarist Russia. Growing inflation, low wages, strikes, break down of transp. and commun., lack of food. Govt. unable to deal with problems of citizenry, weak ruler, low munitions Transition: Tsar abdicates |
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Stage II: Moderate
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- Mar. 16, 1917 - Nov. 7, 1917
- Moderates are ruling: Duma, Kerensky head of govt., Weak, provisional Govt. - March Revolution: Started by the Women's March for Bread. Spontaneous, Mass Revol., Unled, few casualties - Nov. Revolution: Planned, NOT a mass Revol. (unlike March's), strongly led, not spontaneous, organized, few casualties (like the March Revol.) Lenin and Trotsky: March to get rid of Kerensky, and take over Winter palace in Nov. - Also, the extremist (Right), get rid of Rusputin, Bolsheviks now run the govt. and take over all land, assets, etc. |
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Stage III: Extremist
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- Nov. 7, 1917-March 1918
- Bolsheviks rule, Lenin and Trotsky, Communism govt. and New Soviet Union - Lenin promises "Peace, Land and Bread" - Negotiated Treaty w/ Germany: Brest-Litovsk in March 1918 - Lenin didn't get the breathing space he wanted |
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Stage IV: Reign of Terror a/k/a Red Terror
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- March 1918 - March 1921
- Civil War breaks out: Reds (Bolsheviks) vs. Whites/ everyone else - Vicious civil war, disastrous, Russians v. Russians Reds win b/c: 1) War communism; 2) Red Army; 3) Red Terror - Poland attacks Russia - Russia is worn out! |
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Stage V: Thermidorean Reaction
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March 1921 - 1924
- Treaty of Riga ends war w/ Poland - NEP: introduced capitalism through tax in kind rather than taking crops - Foreign Policy: Truce between two worlds: Capitalism v. Communism; need foreign policies and trade agreements - Moderation stage of govt. |