RUSSIA NOTES CONTINUED:
Invasion:
-As it was undergoing fragmentation, Kievan Rus' faced the unexpected eruption of an irresistible foreign foe coming from the mysterious regions of the Far East
-"These terrible strangers have taken our country and tomorrow they will take yours if you do not come and help us"....referring to the Mongols invading
-In response to this call, Mstislav the Bold and Mstislav Romanovich the Old joined forces and set out eastward to meet the foe (just know that 2 people answered the call and went out to fight the Mongols)
-The Russian army was 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, destroying numerous cities including Ryazan, Kolomna, Moscow, Vladimir 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 1480.
NICHOLAS II:
-died July 16/17, 1918
-the last Russian emperor (1844-1917)
-his wife, Alexandra, himself, and their children, were killed by the Bosheviks after the October Revolution.
-He cut the wages of the lower class that led to the Bolshevik Revo.
-He was part of the Romanov dynasty that ruled Russia since the mid 17th century
Bolshevik Revo:
-They had three promises: peace, bread, land
-A.K.A: Red October, the October Uprising or the Bolshevik Revolution
-What: it was a seizure of state power instrumental in the larger Russian 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 Forces under the Military Revolutionary Committee began the takeover of government buildings on October 24, 1917.
-The following day, the Winter Palace (the seat of the Provisional government located in Petrograd, the capital of Russia at the time) was captured.
Revolution 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 and collectively came to be known as Marxism-Leninism (Carl Marx came up with the theory of Communism, Lenin is known for Communism into practice)
-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.
RESEARCH: in your groups, write, 2 paragraphs per person by comparing and contrasting communism vs. democracy, also capitalism. Google Doc, due Wed. at noon.
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