Timeline
Which war was the February Revolution during?
WW1
Who was the first president of the Soviet Union?
Lenin
What were the names of the 3 most important men in the February Revolution?
Leon Trotsky, Joseph Stalin, Vladimir Lenin
Why was there a revolution?
Corrupt government, war, famine
What crashed because of the revolution?
The economy
Was the February revolution the first or second Russian Revolution, or was there only 1?
1st
What year was the Soviet Union formed in?
1922
True or false: Stalin was a president of the Soviet Union
True
Which type of food were protesters demanding?
Bread
What 3 main shortages were there?
Food, gas, and labor
What day did the February Revolution start? (x2 points for both dates)
March 8, 1917 OR February 23, 1917
Which 4 countries started the Soviet Union?
Transcaucasia, Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus
What was the Gulag, and who sent people there?
Joseph Stalin sent people to the Gulag, or a system of interment camps
What was the Petrograd Soviet?
A city council that ruled over Petrograd made up of people from worker’s committees
Did the revolution lead to Communism or Socialism?
Communism
When was the Petrograd Soviet Formed?
March 10, 1917
What does USSR stand for?
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
What was the Bolshevik Party and who started it?
Lenin and Bogdanov. The bolshevik party was a group of far-left people that had split away from Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
What was Russias capital at the time?
Petrograd
Why was there a famine?
Stalins plan of government control over economy meant that farms would be under government control. Farmers didn’t like this, so they protested
What day did the revolution end?
March 12, 1917
What modern day countries is Transcaucasia?
Azerbaija, Armenia, Georgia
Who did Leon Trotsky fight with to gain control over the capital?
Aleksandr Kerensky
What was the Duma and what was Czar Nicholas II doing to it?
Russian congress, limiting power
What was Lenin’s middle name?
Ilyich