In 1870, following the stunning defeat of the French Army by the Germans in the Franco-Prussian War, French workers and socialist revolutionaries seized Paris and created the Paris Commune. The Commune lasted for two months before it was crushed by the French Army, with much bloodshed. The original red banners of the Commune became icons of the socialist revolution; in 1921 members of the French Communist Party came to Moscow and presented the new Soviet government with one of the original Commune banners; it was placed (and is still in place) in the tomb of Vladimir Lenin, next to his open coffin. COUNT 5
QSN1 Who was defeated in the Franco-Prussian war? ANS1 the French Army QSN2 After Paris was seized as a result of the Franco-Prussian war, what did revolutionaries and workers create? ANS2 the Paris Commune QSN3 For how long did the Paris Commune exist? ANS3 two months QSN4 Next to whom was a a Paris Commune banner placed? ANS4 Vladimir Lenin QSN5 In what year did people of the French Communist party go to Moscow to give the Soviet government a Paris Commune banner? ANS5 1921