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Russian czars in Eastern Europe tried to keep ideals of
Liberty, Equality and Fraternity
name a result of the peasant unrest
•Many too poor to buy land after serfdom ended
•Could not feed their families
Red Communists executed___ and his whole family
Czar Nicholas II
what does USSR stand for?
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
In the capital of St. Petersburg what did the rioters demand?
bread
Russia lost the ___ war against GB and France?
Crimean
Trans Siberian railway extended Russian control over...
Siberia
Red army was under ____'s leadership
Trotsky’s
another name for USSR is....
Soviet union
who lead the socialist party called the Bolsheviks?
Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky
define russification
attempt to make all groups think, act, and believe as Russians
list a problem of urban workers
•Some peasants moved to cities to work in factories
•Worked long hours and pay was low
•Lived in slums filled with poverty and disease
which party had all the power?
the communist party
name a cause of the russian revolution
■Russo-Japanese War- 1904
■Bloody Sunday
■Lenin gained the support of many people by promising them...
“Peace, Land, and Bread”
what were pogroms
violent attacks on jews
Lenin ended Russian involvement in...
WWI
examples of "war communism"
taking over banks, mines, factories, and railroads
name something the October Manifesto did
–Allowed freedom of speech
–Set up Duma- elected national legislature
there was a Power struggle between Trotsky and Stalin...who won?
Stalin
who persecuted non-Russians, Jews, Ukrainians, Armenians....
Alexander III
Why did Lenin give Germany a large piece of Russia?
so that Russia could surrender
what does NEP stand for
New
Economic
Policy
in WWI Russian soldiers lacked...
■weapons, ammunition, supplies, food
define zionism
jewish nationalism