Mongol Invasion
- Referring to the Mongols “These terrible strangers have taken our country and tomorrow they will take yours if you do not come and help us.”
- In response tp this call. Mstislav the Bold and Mstislav Romanovich the Old joined forces and set out eastward to meet the foe
- The Russians were defeated In 1223 at the Battle of Kalka River, a defeat remembered to this day in Russia and Ukraine.
- The mongol empire invaded Kievan Rus; in the 13th century, destroying numerous cities including Ryazan, Kolomna, Moscow, Vladamir 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 part of the Golden Horde empire some of it lasted until 1840.
Nicholas II
- Died July 16/17, 1918
- The last Russian emperor (1894 – 1917)
- His wife, Alexandra, himself and their children, were killed by the Bolsheviks after the October Revolution.
- Cut the wages of the lower class that lead to the Bolshevik Revo.
- He was 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 Russian Revolution in 1917.
Revo:
- The revolution was led by the Bolsheviks, who used their influence in the Petrigrad Soviet to organize the armed forces.
- Bolshevik Red Guards forces under the Military Revolutionary Committee began the takeover of government buildings on 24 October 1917.
- The following day, the Winter Palace (the seat of the Provisional government located in Petrograd, then capital of Russia), was captured.
Revo Results
- Bolshevik victory led to the: creation of soviet Russia
- End of Russian Provisional Government, Russian Republic and dual power
- Start of the Russian Civil War.
Vladimir Lenin
- Was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician and political theorist.
- Politically a Marxist, his theoretical contributions to Marxist thought are known as Leninism, which coupled with Marxian economic theory have collectively come to be known as Marxism-Leninism.
- As the leader of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, he took a senior role in orchestrating the October Revolution in 1917.
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Research : write 2 paragraphs by comparing and contrasting:
- Communism vs democracy
- Capitalism vs socialism
- Graded individually, google doc, due Wednesday at noon.
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