Causes
The growing popularity of which economic/political ideology
What is communism?
He wrote the manifesto that inspired the Bolshevik Revolution
Who was Karl Marx?
This conflict was occuring when the Russian Revolution began
What was WWI?
This is the political party that took over during the Bolshevik Revolution
What was the Russian (Soviet) Communist Party?
The negative effects of industrialization in Russia
What is poor working conditions, low wages, industrial hazards, etc?
He led the Bolshevik Revolution
Who was Vladimir Lenin?
What the Bolsheviks did about the other conflict taking place during the Russian Revoluton
What was withdrawing from WWI?
This type of reform fixed a problem that was caused by serfdom in Russia
What was land reform?
This political system is when total power is concentrated in the hands of a leader who is exempt from the law
What is autocracy?
He was the leader of Russia before the Bolshevik revolution
Who was Tsar Nicholas II?
This is what the Bolsheviks did to the previous leader of Russia
What was executing the Tsar and his family?
These prison camps were established by the Soviets to punish opposition and criminals
What were Gulags?
Russian defeat against the Japanese in 1905 in this conflict
What was the Russo-Japanese war?
He was Lenin's successor
Who was Joseph Stalin?
This was the immediate effect of the protests and rebellion on the monarchy
What was Tsar Nicholas II abdicating the throne?
This conflict followed the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia
What was the Russian Civil War?
The massacre of unarmed protestors outside the palace in 1905
What was Bloody Sunday?
He was the commissar of war during the Russian Revolution and Stalin formed an alliance to have him removed from the communist party
Who was Leon Trotsky?
The signing of this treaty withdrew Russia from WWI
What was the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
This policy allowed for some private small scale agriculture, business, and trade to help the struggling Soviet economy.
What was the New Economic Policy?