Russian+Revolution+1917

=Russian Revolution= media type="custom" key="26664564" Handout for classroom - [|Russian Empire at Turn of 20th Century]

What do you know about the Russian Empire previous to the Russian Revolution in 1917?
 * Russian was originally part of Triple Entente - Allied Powers
 * Supported their fellow Slavs, Serbia in their struggle against Austria-Hungary - "Pan-Slavism"
 * Germany declared war on Russia 1914
 * Russian lost half of it's army & was defeated at the Battle of Tannenberg- lacked guns & ammunition!
 * Russians had lost last 2 wars due to inadequate technology - Crimean War(technical stalemate)1854 & Russo-Japanese War 1904-05
 * Czar Nicholas II had already had problems w/ Revolution of 1905 - "Bloody Sunday" -see Ch 10.4
 * Nicholas II had taken steps to industrialize - still had more to accomplish - Russian Empire immense- see map 252 for infrastructure

Your Recollections of "Nicholas & Alexandra" ??
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[|biography of Last Russian Emperor]

Read the Inside Story on the power of the "Mad Monk" - Grigori Rasputin How did he influence the Russian Court? media type="youtube" key="DvTRh9C2GxY" height="315" width="420"

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=Russian Civil War=

[|DR. Zhivago] [|The Army Revolts]

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[|Russian Civil War/In Their Shoes Assignment]

In Their Shoes - Write a summarizing paragraph for both viewpoints - RED or WHITE

Terms for 12.3 - To help you study for the Quest this week on WWI & Russian Revolution!! Event Chart - Russian Civil War - 1917 to 1920 or some historians would argue 1917- 1922.

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[|Life Under Lenin] View the clips on the link above biography.com - Vladimir Lenin Clip #1 Lenin & the Communist Party Clip #2 Death of Lenin