Stages of the

Revolution: Guided
Reading Notes
Directions: read pages
433- 436 and stop at
the March Revolution
section on pg 435.
Follow along with the
guided reading notes
and fill in the
questions of each
section.

Key Vocab Terms:

Proletariat, Bolshevik,
Lenin, The RussoJapanese War, Bloody
Sunday, and Rasputin

Czar Resist Change

What would Alexander III
have someone be labeled
Dangerous?
Assignation of Nicholas II

Under Alexander III

Autocratic Rule what did
he censor? (Autocratic
means all powerful and
strict rules)

Russia Industrialization

Russia Industrial factory between the

years of _____ and _______ doubled in
size, and Russia became the worlds
fourth-ranking producer of
__________.

Rapid Industrialization brought

discontent to the Russian people
because:
A) _________ B)__________
C) ___________ ________
D) ___________________
What did the Marxist revolutionaries
want?___________________________
________________________________
________________________________
_______________________________

What year did Nicholas II

come to power?
1825-1855
1855-1881
1881-1894
Russia
1894-1917

Nicholas I, Emperor of All Russia

Alexander II, Emperor of All Russia
Alexander III, Emperor of All
Nicholas II, Emperor of All Russia

Proletariat means: workers or

working-class people, regarded
collectively (often used with
reference to Marxism).
Marxist believed the _____________
would lead the revolution and rule the
country
The radical ___________ supported a
small number of committed
revolutionaries willing to sacrifice
everything for change.
The leader of the Bolsheviks was
__________ who was charismatic
leader. 1900s he fled Russia to West
Europe to escape arrest by the Czar. He
became a revolutionist after witnessing
his brother was hanged for plotting to
kill the czar.

How does this picture portray Lenin interactions

with the people? _________________________
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
_______________________________________

Weakening of the Czar Power

Russo-Japanese War- was the first time a
European country lost a war to an Asian
country. Russia had broke the treaty between
Japan, so Japan attacked Russian ports and
won.
Why would the Russian people revolt against
the Czar for loosing battles to Japan?_____
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
Bloody Sunday: Revolution of 1905- 200,000
workers and their families approached the Czar
palace asking for ___________ , ___________ ,
____________ . Instead Nicholas II had his
troops _______ on the crowd. Bloody Sunday
sent a wave of strikes and violence throughout
Russia. In order to calm down the strikes he
created the _________ which would have
created a Russian parliament, but turned down
the proposal after 10 weeks.
Why do you think the Czar didnt want to give
up his power?___________________________
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
World War I- Nicholas II dragged Russia into
World War I in 1914, and the country was
unprepared to handle the __________ and
_________ costs. A year into the war, more
than _____ million Russians die, wounded, or
imprisoned. While Nicholas moved to the home
front of the war he left his wife Alexandra in
charge. Alexandra ended up making her sons
doctor _______ in charge of government. He
ended up making poor political decision and
denied reforms. The people of Russia grew
more upset with the Czar leadership.
Do you think the Czar family was out of touch
with the social and economic problems of
Russia? ______________________________
____________________________________