STANDARD WHII.10c Russian Revolution Objective The student will demonstrate knowledge of the worldwide impact of World War I by c) citing causes and consequences of the Russian Revolution. Essential Understandings Tsarist (Czarist) Russia entered World War I as an absolute monarchy with sharp class divisions between the nobility and peasants. The grievances of workers and peasants were not resolved by the Tsar (Czar). Inadequate administration in World War I led to revolution and an unsuccessful provisional government. A second revolution by the Bolsheviks created the communist state that ultimately became the U.S.S.R. Essential Questions 1. Why did Russia erupt in revolution while fighting in World War I? 2. How did communism rise in Russia? Essential Knowledge A. Causes of 1917 revolutions 1. Defeat in war with Japan in 1905 2. Landless peasantry 3. Incompetence of Tsar Nicholas II 4. Military defeats and high casualties in World War I B. Rise of communism 1. Bolshevik Revolution and civil war 2. Vladimir Lenin’s New Economic Policy 3. Lenin’s successor—Joseph Stalin 1 STANDARD WHII.10c Russian Revolution A. Causes of 1917 revolutions
1. Defeat in war with Japan in 1905
2. Landless peasantry
3. Incompetence of Tsar Nicholas II
4. Military defeats and high casualties in World War I
B. Rise of communism
1. Bolshevik Revolution and civil war
2. Vladimir Lenin’s New Economic Policy
3. Lenin’s successor—Joseph Stalin
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