Russian Czars
Who was the Russian czar that was assassinated in St. Petersburg by a terrorist in 1881?
Czar Alexander II
Which radical 19th century thinker wrote ideas that were adapted by the Bolsheviks?
Karl Marx. His ideas were known as Marxism.
How did the serfs feel after being freed by Czar Alexander II ?
Disappointed because they were still very poor.
Bloody Sunday was when Russians celebrated by smearing their faces with sheep blood.
FALSE. Bloody Sunday was when the Czar's troops opened fire on peaceful protesters in St. Petersburg in 1905, killing 130 people.
After the Civil War, the Communists used extreme measures to stay in power, such as having their secret police arrest and execute opponents. This was known as
The Red Terror
When did Czar Nicholas II rule in Russia?
1894 to 1917
Who was the first leader of the Bolsheviks?
Lenin. His full name was Vladimir Ilich Lenin.
When did the Bolsheviks overthrow the Provisional Government and put themselves in charge of Russia?
October 1917
During the Russian Civil War between 1918 and 1920, the Whites included some Russians who wanted to restore the monarchy.
TRUE
In 1922, the Red Army formed a union of republics that were formerly part of the Russian empire. The union was known as
U.S.S.R. (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
Was Czar Nicholas II a monarch or an elected representative?
Monarch.
When did Lenin return to Russia after being exiled in Switzerland?
1917. More specifically, he returned to Russia by train in April 1917.
During the Russian Civil War, this army was made up of peasants.
The Greens
Czar Nicholas II dissolved the first Duma and this helped lead to the Revolution of 1905.
FALSE He dissolved it AFTER the Revolution of 1905 because he wanted to crack-down on opposition.
Lenin died in 1924. This man became the next leader of the U.S.S.R. in 1928.
Joseph Stalin
Who was the very last Czar to rule Russia?
Czar Nicholas II
In March 2018, the Bolsheviks changed their name to
Communist Party
When was the Russian Civil War?
1918 to 1920
Russia's crushing defeat by Japan in the Russo-Japanese War in 1904 and 1905 helped lead to the Revolution of 1905 in Russia.
TRUE The loss made some Russians want to get rid of the monarchy.
After Lenin's death, he was buried in a mausoleum in this city.
Moscow
What caused Czar Nicholas II to give up his throne?
The October 2017 Russian Revolution
Lenin adapted Marxism and called the new philosophy this.
Leninism
During the Russian Civil War, this army was made up of Bolsheviks or Communists.
Red Army
Russians supported World War I at first but were totally against it after the war led to economic hardships at home as well as huge numbers of dead Russian soldiers.
TRUE
During the Russian Civil War, the economic policy of the Reds.
war communism