HIST 1150 Lecture 3: The Bolshevik Revolution and International Communism
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The crimean war was in the mid 19th century (1853-1856), Britain and france defeated russia and the tsar emancipated (freed) serfs (peasants). The tsar had complete power of the soviet union but was greatly influenced by his advisors. Workers were being taken advantage of so sdp sent out secret propaganda, foreshadowing revolution. Bloody sunday took place in 1905 and was a massacre of hundreds of working people that triggered the revolution. After this event there were strikes, but the army was in japan and therefore couldn"t help. The russian japanese war was from 1904-1905 and japan won showing that russia and its tsar were incompetent. The tsar made a constitution thats made it seem like the. Stalin wanted to transform the soviet union into an industrial. Lenin was an organized revolutionary with leadership and tact. He wanted to liberate russia with his simple ideas of. He wanted to organize power from the top down.