HIST 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: 1905 Russian Revolution, Red Army, Gulag
Document Summary
Battle for global power btwn us and soviet union following (cid:862)realig(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:863) of wwii. Russian revolution: wwi, war going badly for russia, food shortages, low morale, after strikes and demonstrations and break down of military chain of command, czar abdicates, March 1917: provisional government takes over, v. i. Imperial system collapsed 1911: communist party founded 1921, nationalist party ruled china from 1928, struggle btwn communist party and nationalist party. Japanese invasion of china weakened nationalist gov. and strengthened support of ccp: ccp helped protect people in countryside from japanese, 1949 chinese communists take control, leader of nationalist party flees to taiwan, origin of modern-day conflict over taiwan. End of 30 year crisis: wwi, great depression, rise of fascism, wwii, russian rev, chinese communist rev. Division of europe: following wwi, easter(cid:374) europe (cid:271)ehi(cid:374)d (cid:862)iro(cid:374) (cid:272)urtai(cid:374)(cid:863, division of berlin, 1961, western europe rebuild and protected by us, marshall plan, nato and warsaw pact.
