1870s-1991 The World in Crisis

russia enter WWI russia war weary from WWI russian strikes n demonstrations feb revolution, Tsar abdicated oct revolution - women entry into workforce -abortion n divorce legal Russian Provisional Govt overthrown civil war starts? Red Army created by Bols civil war ends, Red wins creation of soviet union (minority loss autonomy) Soviet russia governed by centralised one party creation of Politburo Cheka established russians living in fear closure of democratic constituent assembly lenin dead lenin stroke, semi retirement stalin made secretary general trotsky resigned as head of Red army trotsky expelled frm party trotsky assissinated stalin supreme leader now use of propaganda almost all farms Kolkhozy SU now industrial base for powerful arms industry economic slowdown in SU. oil n steel industries stop growing. commie party unpopular, russian society unstable. former moscow party secretary Ryutin critisize stalin n urge for removal kirov assassinated kirov secretary of leningrad party kirov joined politburo, head of party organisation in leningrad abortion illegal agn literacy rates increased Komsomol formed (commie union of youth) meiji restoration strong cultural n historic legacies Anglo-Jap alliance treaty of shimonoseki japan annexed korea n ruled it directly korean queen (Myeongseong) asked russians for help to expell jap. assassinated. twenty one demands USA passed chinese exclusion act establishment of Jap n Korea exclusion league overpopulation in Jap -econ crisis prime minister tsuyoshi inukai assassinated martial law declared -expansionist foreign policy league of blood incident mukden incident full scale attack on manchuria jap sign treaty with manchukuo civil war in russia first part of 5 yr plan main focus: -expanding industry -transport -power supply lack of consumer goods second part of 5 yr plan aim: produce more manufactured goods including machinery for collective farms fall of standard of living third part of 5 yr plan (interuppted by WWII) the great terror show trials arrests/ interrogations loss of intellectuals skilled workers n officers great famine cultural revolution -new soviet man Russo-Jap war -threaty of portsmouth first Sino-Jap war feb 26 incident greater east asia co prosperity sphere second sino jap war -marco polo bridge incident