 From 1613-1917, Russia was a and .  Russia was ruled by the family.
 The was the ruler with absolute power.

 The people of Russia were mostly working class or .
 lower class
 little pay and little food
 had few if any
 lives were very

 Russia entered in 1914.
 Tsar Nicholas II forced the and to join the army.
 There were many problems with this:
o Russians were not trained to .
o Russians were often sent to battles without , , or .

 What happened as a result?
o Approximately Russians were killed in battle.
o Approximately 5 million Russians were .
o Russian citizens did not have enough or to keep warm.
o Russians were NOT . ☹

 In early , the Russian began.
 Russians blamed .
 Protests were held àTsar Nicholas II send his to end the riots à Instead of ending the riots, his soldiers against the tsar.
 Tsar Nicholas II his throne on .

 Seven months later in October, led the communist Bolshevik Party in the Bolshevik .
 is a political economic system where the government owns all businesses and farms.


 Lenin and his Party took total control of the Russian government.
 After Lenin came to power:
o Tsar Nicholas II and his family were .
o Lenin made himself .
o Lenin signed a peace treaty with to withdraw from .
o Russia lost land rich in and farming to Germany.

 was no longer a country.
 Lenin established the in 1922, as the world’s first country.
 The Soviet people would