#12 Describe several causes of the Russian Revolution

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#12 Describe several causes of the Russian Revolution
  1. Poor economy/ Leadership/ Rasputin
    1. Failure to solve foreign/domestic problems
      1. Nicholas II- Poor Leader
        1. Duma- No legitimate power
          1. Reliance on Rasputin by Alexandra
            1. Tsar abdicates
      2. Leon Trotsky; Vladimir Lenin; Joseph Stalin
        1. Lenin read works of Karl Marx
          1. Spread Marxist ideas
            1. Lenin called for group to lead revolution; BOLSHEVIKS
              1. Germany aided Lenin in returning home after exile; Could weaken Russian gov't
        2. Russo-Japanese War/ WWI
          1. After Russo-Japanese war, Russia enters WWI weakened
            1. Outcome of WWI; Russia falls behind rest of Europe; faith lost in leader
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