Vocab.
What is Serfdom/Serf?
Is a peasant bounded to a land owned by honorary titles forced to perform labor.
Who went on strike against the government?
Industrial Workers
What did the Crimean War lead to?
Food Shortage
When did the Russian Revolution begin?
In 1917
What is Romanov Dynasty?
The ruling family of Russia.
What is a Monarchy?
Is a form of government in which there is individual ruler, usually king or queen.
Who won the Russian Civil War?
The Red Army.
What did protests by Russian workers against the monarchy lead to?
The Bloody Sunday massacre of 1905 - where hundreds of unarmed protesters were killed or wounded by the czar’s troops.
When did the Russian Revolution end?
In 1923
What is the proletariat?
The working class?
What is a provisional government?
Is an emergency/temporary government set up when there has been a fall in a large government.
Who were the Romanovs executed by?
By the Bolsheviks.
What did the Red Army represent?
They represented Russians who were for Lenin’s Bolshevik government.
When the war began, what group did not want to be involved?
The Bolsheviks.
What did the Bolshevik Party promise?
Land, food, and peace.
What is communism?
A nation in which there is no private ownership and each person that works is paid accordingly.
Who turned Russia into the first communist state?
Vladimir Lenin.
What did the White Army represent?
They represented Russians who opposed of Lenin’s Bolshevik government.
When did Tsar Nicholas II resign?
March 2, 1917
Who was the leader of the Provisional Government?
Alexander Kerensky
What is socialism?
A system in which some goods are distributed to the community and other goods are worked for.
Who was the ruler of Russia?
Tsar Nicholas II
What was the Red Army establish after they won the Russian Civil War?
The Soviet Union.
When was serfdom abolished?
In 1861
How did the Russia Revolution impact thee Soviet Union?
It gave the Soviet Union more power to be able to fight against the U.S in the Cold War.