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Russian Revolutionary Leaders
Stalin/Trotsky/Kerensky/Lenin/Czar
Nicholas
Stalin
(Josef Dugeshili)- (JoJo)
A. Comes from a common background
1. father worked in a shoe factory
2. often abused as a child.
B. Georgian
1, Experienced "Russification" first hand.
2. Tries to be more Russian than the Russians
C. Fights first for the Czars then for the Communists
1. First known as "Koba" then later Stalin
2. Heads up the fight against the White Russians
D. Becomes Secretary General of the Communist Party.
1. Uses this position to control and eliminate his advasaries.
2. Manipulates Lenin after Lenin's stroke.
3. Exiles Trotsky and creates a totalitarian government
in Russia.
Trotsky
A. Aristocratic/Intellectual
1. Probably the revolutionary best suited to write and
establish a new system
2. Unable to counter Stalin's underhanded moves
Lenin
A. Middle class
1. terrorist,
2. often in exile
B. Creates a new government in Russia
1. Adapts Marxism to create a "Soviet" or worker organization
controlled government
C. Has a stroke and is manipulated by Stalin
D. Dies before he can put his plan into place
Czar Nicholas II
A. last Romanov
B. overwhelmed by balancing needs of Russia with the
needs of his family.
C. Government outdated and ineffective.
D. Abdicates and he and his family are killed the next
year.
Kerensky
A. Aristocrat
B. Moderate
1. Social Democrat,
2. tries to establish a democratic government in Russia.