Russian Revolution
The name used for the uprising that overthrew Tsar Nicholas II (old calendar name).
What is the February Revolution?
One protest action in 1905 that directly challenged the Tsar (march destination).
What is the Winter Palace?
Revolutions aimed at changing or replacing a government, like the French Revolution.
What are political revolutions?
The 1960s–70s Chinese movement that used the Red Guard to enforce new social values.
What is the Cultural Revolution?
Why is the February Revolution sometimes also called the March Revolution?
What is Russia used the Julian calendar, so it was late February in Russia but March elsewhere?
Leader of the Bolshevik party and head of the Soviet state from 1917 until 1924.
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
Mass movements seeking social change, for example campaigns for civil rights.
What are social revolutions?
The 1979 revolution shown as an example of a religious revolution.
What is the Iranian Revolution?
The 1917 protest on International Women’s Day was largely about this immediate issue.
What are food shortages?
Bolshevik leader who organized the Red Army and promoted world revolution, later assassinated in Mexico.
Who is Leon Trotsky?
Revolutions driven by major advances in technology, such as the 19th-century industrial changes.
What are technological/industrial revolutions?
The example of a social revolution in the USA mentioned that fought for greater choice over birth control and civil rights.
What is the Civil Rights revolution?
The short-term political result of the February/March protests.
What is the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II / end of the monarchy?
Soviet leader after Lenin, known for industrialization, terror policies, gulags and rule until 1953.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
Revolutions that try to change the identity or cultural values of a society, often led by youth movements like the Red Guard.
What are cultural revolutions?
The 19th-century process in Britain and France that massively changed production and society.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
Which two political factions are named as seeking revolution and later contested power in 1917?
Who are the Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks?
The major ideology represented by a new political party that emerged as a turning point in 1917.
What is communism?
Revolutions that change the role of religion in society, such as the 1979 event in Iran.
What are religious revolutions?
This late-18th-century uprising overthrew the monarchy and inspired widespread demands for liberty, equality and fraternity.
What is the French Revolution?