- To cite a video in EasyBib,
Czar Nicholas II Abdicates: The Russian Revolution Begins
March 16, 1917, Czar Nicholas II relinquished power.
- On November 7, a revolt led by Vladimir Lenin ended with the Bolsheviks gaining power.
- Within months, Russia erupted into a civil war between the Bolshevik red army and the pro-monarchy white army.
- On July 16, 1918, Nicholas II and his family were executed.
Assassination and Violence in Russia
-During the peoples revolution in Russia, Czar Nicholas II and his family were assassinated. This created a sense of terrorism throughout the state.
-The next stage of political violence that swept through Russia came with Lenin and his radical and violent ideas that lead the Bolsheviks to power. Later in 1918 there was an attempted assassination on Lenin in which he punished 800 people in revenge for his attempted murder.
-Leader of the Red Army, Leon Trotsky, stated that every state is based on terror. In 1940, Trotsky feel victim to the terror he spoke about when the new Communist leader, Josef Stalin, had him murdered.
-Stalins reign of genocide terrorized the nation for 8 years and by 1938 twenty million people perished.
The Death of Vladimir Lenin
Lenin was the founder of the Russian Communist Party, leader of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, and the first head of state of the USSR.
- On January 21, 1924, Vladimir Lenin died at the age of 54.
- Lenin studied the issue of revolutionary change in Russia from a Marxist perspective.
- In 1917, Lenin brought the Bolsheviks to power.
- The capital city in Russia was named Leningrad in honor of Vladimir Lenin.
Joseph Stalin and the Soviet Union
- The Soviet Ruler Josef Stalin began to show signs of instability and paranoia during the 1930s.
- Stalin executed alomst 40,000 officers who he thought were not politically acceptable.
Joseph Stalin
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