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The last king of Russia was Czar Nicholas II who was killed in 1918 because of the rise
of a new type of government in Russia led by the Bolsheviks.
The Bolsheviks were a group of Revolutionary Russians who took control of the
government with the intent to change it.
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Government
Officials
Peasants
RUSSIA 1918
The Bolsheviks take power and the Soviet Union replaced Russia.
This new nation was the 1st Communist nation in the world
Communism- a classless society without private property, the government controls all
economic activity
1918: The Beginning of the Communist Rule in USSR
USSR stands for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Middle Class Workers Peasants Business Owners & Upper Class Government Officials
Joseph Stalin was born Josef Vissarionovich Djugashvili on December
Joseph Stalin
18, 1878 in the country of Georgia.
He changed his name to Joseph Stalin in his 30’s, which is Russian for
“Man of Steel”
Police Terror: Stalin used his secret police to “eliminate” people who
had revolutionary ideas.
Police terror
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNZTa2i1GII
Weapons of Totalitarianism: Propaganda
Propaganda: information used to promote or harm a particular political cause or point
of view.
The propaganda was spread to persuade citizens to follow Stalin and to glorify him.
Propaganda Take 5 minutes to analyze these pieces of propaganda with the help of the
worksheet
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