AP European History / Unit 8: 20th-Century Global Conflicts
8.3 The Russian Revolution and Its Effects
Notes
WWI losses and hardship led to the February Revolution (1917, the tsar abdicated) and the Bolshevik (October) Revolution led by Lenin. Russia left the war (Treaty of Brest-Litovsk). Civil war followed; the NEP allowed some markets; Stalin later imposed Five-Year Plans and collectivization.
Practice
Lenin's slogan was:
Bolshevik promises.
The New Economic Policy (NEP):
Lenin, 1921.
Stalin's collectivization of agriculture:
Holodomor in Ukraine.
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