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Stalin's rival for power was Leon Trotsky, they where two of the most notable men for heading up the communist party. By 1928, Stain was in total command of the communist party, and Trotsky was forced into exile in 1929.

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5-Who were the Bolsheviks and who were their opponents in the civil war? 

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5-Who were the Bolsheviks and who were their opponents in the civil war? 

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The Bolsheviks were radical Marxists who supported a small number of commited revolutionaries willing to sacrifice anything for change, they were also led by Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, who adopted the name of Lenin. The Bolsheviks opponents in the civil war was the White Army which was made up of very different groups, it was made up of people who supported the return to rule by the czar, others who wanted democratic government, and socialists who opposed Lenin’s style of Socialism.

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4-Who was the leader of the provisional government after the Czar stepped down? 

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4-Who was the leader of the provisional government after the Czar stepped down? 

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After Czar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate his throne the provisional government , or temporary government was formed. It was formed by the Provisional Committee of the state Duma. It was first led by Prince Georgy Lvov, and afterwards by Alexander Kernesky. Alexander Kerensky’s decision to continue fighting in World War 1 cost him the support of both soldiers and civilians.

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9-What does it mean that Lenin believed the Russian Revolution was inevitable?

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9-What does it mean that Lenin believed the Russian Revolution was inevitable?

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The soviets will make a revolution among the workers because the workers are being treated so poorly. He doesn’t wait until Russia becomes a perfect country, so he makes the Bolshevik revolution and leads it.

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7-Who was Karl Marx and why is he significant?

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7-Who was Karl Marx and why is he significant?

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Karl Marx was a German philosopher and revolutionary socialist. In 1848, Marx and fellow German thinker Friedrich Engels published “The Communist Manifesto,” which introduced their concept of socialism as a natural result of the conflicts inherent in the capitalist system. Marx thought that this class struggle would result in workers taking power. His most famous book was the Communist Manifesto. He wrote it with Friedrich Engels in 1848. The book is about the ideas and aims of communism.

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10-Why do you think Communism and the Communists were successful in gaining support from the Russian people?

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10-Why do you think Communism and the Communists were successful in gaining support from the Russian people?

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I think that they were able to succeed because communism allowed everyone to own their on property since there was no private property and everyone was equal. The couminst society was classless and governed straight by the people which in that case the people were able to speak their minds in what was wrong and what changes needed to be taken.

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2-What were the causes of the Russian Revolution?

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2-What were the causes of the Russian Revolution?

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The weak leadership of Czar Nicholas and the suffering under an autocracy. Workers got low wages and the working conditions were horrible. The defeat in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905. Bloody Sunday and the March Revolution. Massive food shortage the prices went up, peasants didn’t own the land they farmed, and strikes.

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6-How was life different after the Bolshevik revolution?

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6-How was life different after the Bolshevik revolution?

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Lenin instituted the New Economic Policy, which allowed more innovation and freedom in agriculture, industry, and trade. There was also no more dictatorship and people had more freedom. Life for the workers was also better.

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1-How did the Czars that ruled prior to the revolution handle calls for reforms?

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1-How did the Czars that ruled prior to the revolution handle calls for reforms?

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Czar Alexander II and Czar Alexander III halted all reforms. Like his grandfather Czar Nicholas he believed in an autocracy a form of government in which he had all the power. Alexander III did everything in order to wipe out revolutionaries.

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3-What effect did Russian involvement in WWI have the Czar and military?  (How did the Russian people view them due to the war?)

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3-What effect did Russian involvement in WWI have the Czar and military?  (How did the Russian people view them due to the war?)

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The effects were shortages of food and work, the Russians were also desperately hungry and landless. The Russians were embarrassed because they lost. WW2 led people to believing Czar Nicholas was incompetent.