ANIMAL FARMand the

Communist Revolution that made the Soviet

Union

Karl Marx 1848 Capitalism

Economic Gain

CommunismEqual

distribution of wealth and possessions

Karl Marx said,

“Workers of the world, unite!”

Russia Kings or

rulers called Czars

During WWI, poverty spread.

Small Revolts began to occur throughout Russia.

On Feb. 28, 1918, Czar Nicholas II abdicated the throne.

Bolshevik Revolution

Violent mobs begin to attack the government in February 1917.

When does revolution occur?

When life is a little better and more hopeful.

When the people have little to lose.

The Communist Government

An alliance of three Sovietsorganized strikes and revolts to overthrow the provisional government in October 1917.

The three soviets: Vladimir

Lenin The Combo

Leader Leon Trotsky The Idea

Man Josef Stalin The Enforcer

“Land, Bread, and Peace!”They promised the starving people work and food plus an end to the devastating war.

Peace Treaty at Brest-Litovsk

The Soviets had to give up some territory to achieve peace.

Outside support of the Wealthy

The wealthy people still in Russia were against the

revolution and were backed

by the US and Great Britain.

The Red Army and the Civil War

Trotsky created the Red Army to fight for the ideals of the Revolution.

Gulags were created to house the people who disagreed with the ideals of the Revolution.

Lenin’s death

Died in 1922 His body was

mummified and is still on display as a leader and a hero.

With only two soviets left, Stalin and Trotsky fought over who’d be the leader.

Stalin’s Iron Fist

He ruled for the next 25 years.

Industry dominated.

Religion was not allowed.

Doctors, lawyers, factory workers all made the same income.

Stalin’s Iron Fist

Started the KGB

Imprisoned two million of his own people

Died in 1953

Facts of Russian Communism

Common property

Godlessness Idealism Government

Control of everything