Early Years
Most Russians in the 1900s were…
Poor, peasants, unhappy with the government
Who led the Bolshevik party in the summer of 1917?
Vladimir Lenin
Lenin said that the ________ should all be killed in Russia’s communist revolution.
Rich or bourgeoise
The Bolshevik party's soldiers were called the ______ Army.
Red
Who beat out Trotsky to take power after Lenin’s death?
Joseph Stalin
The city where the 1905 Bloody Sunday massacre took place, which is now known as St. Petersburg.
Petrograd
Why was the Provisional Government unpopular with Russians?
Kept Russia in World War I, didn't help the poor enough
What three things did Lenin promise the Russian people?
Peace, land, and bread
Who were the two sides of the Russian Civil War?
The Reds (communists/Bolsheviks) and the Whites (supporters of the Tsar)
What does “Stalin” mean in Russian?
Who was Tsarina Alexandra’s controversial advisor from 1908 to 1916?
Rasputin
What did soldiers do on February 27th, 1917 that weakened the tsar's control over Russia?
They mutinied and joined the revolutionaries
Name two philosophers who influenced Lenin’s political and economic views.
Marx and Engels
Who won the Russian Civil War?
The Reds, Bolsheviks, communists, Lenin's side
To help the Soviet Union rapidly industrialize, Stalin made a series of _____ Plans.
5-Year
Russia joined World War I to support which three allies?
Britain, France, and Serbia
What was the temporary liberal government that took power after Tsar Nicholas II abdicated in February 1917 called?
The Provisional Government
This term describes wealthy peasant landowners in Russian society; Lenin ordered the execution of many of them.
Kulaks
In what year did the Russian Civil War end? You must be within 1 year of the correct answer.
1922
Stalin's regime sent many people to forced labor camps called gulags, including those sentenced under Article 58, who were...
Political prisoners
The Tsar signed the ________ Manifesto in response to the 1905 Revolution, which gave the people more rights
October Manifesto
What was the name of the socialist party that argued for more gradual change, as opposed to the radical Bolsheviks?
The Mensheviks
Lenin's preserved body is available for public viewing within the Lenin Mausoleum in Moscow's _________ __________.
Red Square
The Civil War ended with the creation of the Soviet Union, or USSR. What does USSR stand for?
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Before becoming the totalitarian leader of the Soviet Union, Stalin pursued a brief career as a...
Poet