Ancient Russia
- The history of early Russia, like those of many countries., is one of migrating peoples and kingdoms
- Early Russia was not exactly Russia, but a group of cities that gradually merged into an empire
- a group of Scandinavian people crossed the Baltic Sea and landed in Eastern Europe. the leader of the Varangians was the Warrior Rurik
Russia: the Beginnings
- By 989, Vladimir I was ruler of a kingdom that extended as far south as the Black Sea, the Caucasus Mountains, and the lower reaches of the Volga River
- He established a state religion
- Considered a number of available faiths and decided on Greek Orthodoxy, that made him allies with Constantinople
- Was against Islam because they were against hard liquor
Invasion
- Mongol Empire Quote
- Two guys joined together and became known as the Old joined forces and set out eastward to meet the foe
- The Russians were defeated in 1223 at the Battle of the Kalka River, a defeat remembered to this day in Russia and Ukraine
Mongol Invasion
- The mongol Empire invaded Kievan Rus' in the 13th Century, destroyed many cities including Moscow and Kiev
- Batu Khan's Full-scale invasion of Rus' occurred from 1237 to 1240
- All Russian states had to submit to Mongol Rule and became a part of the Golden Horde Empire; some of it lasted until 1480
Nicholas II
- died July 16/17 1918
- The last Russian Emperor (1894 - 1917)
- His family was killed by the Bolsheviks after the October Revolution
- He cut the wages of the lower class that leas to the Bolshevik Revolution
- He was a part of the Romanov Dynasty that ruled Russia since the mid 17th century
Bolshevik Revolution
- They had three Promises
- Peace
- Bread
- Land
- A.K.A - Red October, the October Uprising, or the Bolshevik Revolution
- What:
- Was a seizure of state power instrumental in the Larger Russia Revolution of 1917
Revolution
- The revolution was led by the Bolsheviks who used their influence in the Petrograd Soviet to organize the armed forces
- Bolshevik red Guards farces under the Military Revolutionary Committee began the takeover of the government buildings on 24 October 1917
Revolutionary Results
- Bolshevik Victory led to the:
- Creation of Soviet Russia
- End of Russian Provisional government:
- Russian Republic and dual power
- Start of the Russian Rwvolutionary War
Vladimir Lenin
- Was a Russian communist revolutionary politician and political theorist
- Politically a Marxist his theoretical contributions to Marxist thought are unknown as Leninism which coupled with Marxian economic theory have collectively come to be known as Marxism-Leninism
- He was a big part in orchestrating the October Revolution in 1917
2 para - Compare and Contrast
Communism VS. Democracy
Capitalism VS. Socialism
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