https://padlet.com/pm650/xwc7117a6990ud15 en-us 2022-10-06 21:10:56 UTC 2022-10-13 20:41:59 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f60c.png pm650 https://padlet.com/pm650/xwc7117a6990ud15/wish/2330086104 Alexander Nicholas II's father becomes ill and died at the age of 49 leaving 26-year-old Alexander to become the new Tsar in 1894]]> 2022-10-06 21:27:49 UTC https://padlet.com/pm650/xwc7117a6990ud15/wish/2330086104 pm650 https://padlet.com/pm650/xwc7117a6990ud15/wish/2336230561 Tsar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto and offers some civil liberties to Russia citizens such as an elected legislature, but he still keeps the Veto power]]> 2022-10-12 01:53:09 UTC https://padlet.com/pm650/xwc7117a6990ud15/wish/2336230561 pm650 https://padlet.com/pm650/xwc7117a6990ud15/wish/2336232813 March 1917, workers in Petrograd go on strike. The Tsar finally decides to abdicate bringing and end to the centuries old Tsarist rule.]]> 2022-10-12 01:55:06 UTC https://padlet.com/pm650/xwc7117a6990ud15/wish/2336232813 pm650 https://padlet.com/pm650/xwc7117a6990ud15/wish/2336234663 April 1917 Germany makes a decision to send Lenin back to Russia because they believe doing so would incite a revolution in Russia and impact their participation in the war.]]> 2022-10-12 01:56:49 UTC https://padlet.com/pm650/xwc7117a6990ud15/wish/2336234663 pm650 https://padlet.com/pm650/xwc7117a6990ud15/wish/2336237879 Lenin wants to encourage the peasants to revolt against the Provisional Government in order to establish a Marxist regime.
He does this by using the slogan "Peace, Land, Bread"
Peace- End Russia's involvement in the war
Land- Give land to the peasants
Bread- Solve Russia's food shortages

]]> 2022-10-12 01:59:39 UTC https://padlet.com/pm650/xwc7117a6990ud15/wish/2336237879 pm650 https://padlet.com/pm650/xwc7117a6990ud15/wish/2336241477 On October 13th, 1917, the Bolsheviks take control of the capital, Petrograd, and then on October 23rd, the Bolsheviks also take control of Moscow. Lenin returns and with the help of Leon Trotsky, they arrest and overthrow the Provisional Government. The new government is then staffed by Lenin, Trotsky, and Joseph Stalin. ]]> 2022-10-12 02:02:57 UTC https://padlet.com/pm650/xwc7117a6990ud15/wish/2336241477 pm650 https://padlet.com/pm650/xwc7117a6990ud15/wish/2336242959 In 1918, a civil war broke out along Russia’s western front between the Bolsheviks (the Red Army) and those who were against the revolution and new government (the White Army) which included the Cossacks and outlawed political groups.

]]> 2022-10-12 02:04:13 UTC https://padlet.com/pm650/xwc7117a6990ud15/wish/2336242959 pm650 https://padlet.com/pm650/xwc7117a6990ud15/wish/2336244147 Lenin instituted “war communism” in order to strengthen the nation, but this lead to the death of millions of Russians due to starvation. Lenin quickly abandons war communism after the civil war and instituted a New Economic Policy to jumpstart the economy. 

]]> 2022-10-12 02:05:16 UTC https://padlet.com/pm650/xwc7117a6990ud15/wish/2336244147 pm650 https://padlet.com/pm650/xwc7117a6990ud15/wish/2336245785 Lenin died on January 21st, 1924. Lenin's death meant that the leadership of the Soviet Union is open and will either be controlled by Stalin or Trotsky.]]> 2022-10-12 02:06:35 UTC https://padlet.com/pm650/xwc7117a6990ud15/wish/2336245785