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The name for a leader in Russia.
What is a czar?
The name for a government with total power.
What is an autocracy?
These are violent attacks usually against Jews.
What are pogroms?
These are the names for both the working class and the upper class.
What is the proletariat and the bourgeoisie?
This was the event which occured from 1904-1905. It was a war over Manchuria (part of China) and Korea. Ultimately Russia won. Name the opposing sides and the name of the event.
What are Russia and Japan? What is the Russo-Japanese War?
This leader was forced to abdicate the throne following the March Revolution and a year later him and his family were murdered by the Bolsheviks. He was also the last of the Romanov family to rule.
Who was Nicholas II?
This is an economic policy developed a German philosopher in which history is viewed in terms of class struggle as well as a society where the workers are in charge. Name both the philosopher and the economic system.
What is Marxism? Who is Karl Marx?
This is a leader who was influenced by Marx and later became leader of the Bolsheviks.
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
A group of Marxists who wanted radical change.
What are the Bolsheviks?
He was a monk, mystic and healer who was mysteriously able to cure the Czar's son of hemophilia. He was allowed to make political decisions. In the end he was executed by a group of nobles because they feared his influence.
Who was Rasputin?
This was a temporary system put in place after the March Revolution. They made the decision to stay in WWI and conditions in Russia worsened.
What is the Provisional Government?
These are local councils consisting of workers, peasants and soldiers who often had more power than the Provisional Government.
What are Soviets?
This was an event between 1918 and 1920. The Red Army (Bolsheviks) fought against the White Army (opponents of the Bolsheviks). In the meantime famine left millions of Russians dead and a flu epidemic followed. In the end, the Red Army won.
What was the Russian Civil War?
This event occurred during February and March of 1917. It was a series of strikes and riots over bread and fuel shortages. It was held by the workers who demanded change.
What is the March Revolution?
This event was the protesting of working conditions outside the Czar's palace. It took the lives of 500-1,000 people and also lead to more waves of strikes and violence.
What is Bloody Sunday or the Revolution of 1905?
This leader halted reform, had strict censorship of the press, used secret police to watch schools, sent prisoners to Siberia, made Russian the official language and targeted Jews in pogroms.
Who is Alexander III?
These are the points of this small scale capitalism document:
- peasants could sell their crops
- people could buy and cell goods
- government still kept control of major industries
- there would be some small farms and businesses under private ownership
- foreign investment
What is Lenin's New Economic Plan (NEP)?
This is what Russia was renamed in 1922. It was divided into several self governing regions and Moscow became the capital.
What is the USSR?
The Bolsheviks rename their party this. It is named after Karl Marx because there would be a classless society with the workers in charge. They created a constitution based on socialist and democratic principles, but it ended up becoming a dictatorship.
What is the Communist Party?
During this event in 1917 the Bolsheviks stormed the Winter Palace screaming "Peace, Land, Bread". They also took governmental offices.
What is the October Revolution or Bolshevik Revolution or Red October?
He came to power in 1924 and had total power by 1928. He was cold, ruthless and power hungry. It was a competition between him and Trotsky for power.
Who is Joseph Stalin?