HONR 392 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2-3: Leon Trotsky, Clairvoyance, Boris Yeltsin
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He made enemies when he freed the serfs. After his father being killed he became a strict leader. Leader of the red party (vladimir lenin) murdered the last romanov family (tsar. Capitalist that believe that they needed to get rid of the tsar. Told tsarina alexandria that her son (with hemophilia) would be okay the next day. They tried drugging his food, his wine, shot him, shoved him in water. Whites were in power for only a short while before the reds took over. Americans fought with the whites in the civil war against the reds. This was a large cause of the cold war. People should have a say in a vote as to who their leader was. Police had to have a quota of people murdered each day. Realizes that russia is going under financially due to an arms race with the us. Starts a program called glassed nosed (opening up)--