2. Their involvement In the
war
• They were on the allies side.
• The first battle of Tannenberg, The
Battle of Somme
• There were around 60,000 casualties
3. Why did Russia pull out
of the war?
• Russia pulled out of the war because
of an internal revolution.
• The revolution was called the
Bolshevik Revolution.
• This started a civil war within Russia
4. The Treaty of Brest-
Litovsk
• A peace treaty signed at Brest-
Litovsk by the Central Powers with
Soviet Russia.
• It concluded the hostilities between
those countries in WW1
• Russialost the Ukraine, its Polish and
Baltic territories, and Finland by
signing the treaty
5. • Czar Nicholas II was the last
emperor of Russia.
• Rasputin was a Russian mystic and
quasi-holy man who was the adviser
of Tsar Nicholas II.
6. Why was Czar Nicholas
II overthrown?
• He was over thrown because of
‘Bloody Sunday.’
• ‘Bloody Sunday’ started out as a
peaceful strike by workers until The
Czar order his men to shoot at the
strikers
7. Who were the
Bolsheviks?
• They were a group of revolutionists
who wanted to overthrow the
existing tsarist government in the
early 1900’s
• The idea was they wanted to serve the
people but ended up being greedy for
power
8. What did the Bolsheviks
believe in?
• They believed in communism.
• They wanted russia to be
communist
9. Who was Vladimir Lenin?
• He was the Bolshevik leader of the
1917 October Revolution, and the first
Head of State of the Soviet Union.
10. How and when did the
Bolsheviks take over?
• They managed to take over by walking
into the winter palace and arresting
leading members of the Provisional
Government
• They took over 1918
11. Czar Nicholas II
• Reign: November 1, 1894 - March 15,
1917
• Life Span: May 18, 1886 - July 17,
1918
• Most known for ‘Bloody Sunday’
