Vocabulary
Withdrawal
The act of leaving
Russia entered WWl in what year?
1914
He was the last Tsar there was in Russia.
Nicholas II
Who did the Red Army fight for?
The Red Army fought for Lenin and Trotsky
Who is the creator/founder of communism?
Who is Karl Marx
Soviets
Councils of workers and soldiers
What year did Russians retreat from German-Austrian Offensive?
1915
A controversial advisor who had influence over the royal family
Grigory Rasputin
How long did the Russina civil war lasted?
3 years
What event strained Russian resources?
WWl
Working class
What year did the March Revolution force Tsar Nicholas to Abdicate?
1917
The leader of Bolshevik Party
Vladimir Lenin
Who won the Civil war?
The Red Army
How did Trotsky died?
He was murdered by Stalins agent
Cheka
A secret police force much like the tsar's.
What year did the Russian civil war erupt between the Reds (Bolsheviks) and the Whites; the Reds executed the tsar and his family.
1918
How did Grigory Rasputin die?
He was murdered by Russian nobles who hated his influence.
Who intervened and helped the White Army fight the Red Army?
The Allies
What did Lenin and and the Bolsheviks promised to the Russian people?
Peace, land, and Bread
Commissars
Communist party officials assigned to the army to teach party principles and ensure party loyality.
1920
Why did Nicholas step down?
Marchers, mostly woman, surged through the streets. Troops refused to fire on the demonstrators which made the government helpless.
The White army consist of?
Tsarist imperial officers, Menshavicks and Democrates.
The Communist adopted a policy called________ that took over banks,mines, factories and railroads.
War Communism