Russia Before the 1905 Revolution
What is serfdom or feudalism?
The name of the reforms that Tsar Nicholas was forced to accept after the events of Bloody Sunday
What was "The October Manifesto?"
The names of the two armies fighting during the Russian Civil War
What were The Red and White Armies?
The uncompromising leader of the Bolsheviks who called for revolution to form a communist government in Russia
Who was Vladimir Lenin?
The General who led a coup attempt against the Provisional Government after the failed offensive against the Germans
Who was General Kornilov?
The important reform introduced by Tsar Alexander II to help modernize Russia
What was the emancipation of the serfs or the end of serfdom?
The method many workers in Russia resorted to in order to protest poor working conditions and economic hardship
What was a strike?
The treaty with Germany that freed Russia from fighting World War I
What was The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
The Tsar who led Russia until he was forced to step down after disastrous conflicts against Japan and Germany
Who was Tsar Nicholas II?
The name of the democratically elected legislative body that was supposed to take over Russia after the Provisional Government
The belief system adopted by some Russians after government failures to address the Famine of 1891-1892
What is Marxism?
The two primary issues facing Russian soldiers in World War I
What is poor leadership and shortages of essential supplies?
The speech given by Lenin that was critical of the Provisional Government and the Socialist Parties who cooperated with it.
What was the "April Theses?"
The person who led the Provisional Government and attempted to win the war against Germany in a failed counter-offensive
Who was Alexander Kerensky?
The semi-autonomous region that Lenin regularly fled to when avoiding persecution from Russian authorities
What was Finland?
The policy of forcing ethnic groups conquered by the Russian empire to adopt the Russian identity
What is Russification?
The people who appointed themselves to run the government after the Tsar's abdication
Who were members of the Duma?
The group that the Mensheviks and Socialist Revolutionaries were willing to compromise with to form a new government
What was the Kadets or Constitutional Democrats?
The Tsar who was a counter-reformer and cracked down heavily on dissent creating unrest throughout the Russian Empire
Who was Tsar Alexander III?
The group of all different factions of socialist revolutionaries that would meet and vote on proposals for actions taken by the Soviets
What was The Congress of the Soviets?
These two groups were part of the Social Democratic party. They split over a disagreement on how to affect change in Russia. One wanted gradual change through organizing workers to take political action. The other called for a revolution led by a small group of dedicated socialist revolutionaries.
What were the Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks?
The group that was in an uneasy power-sharing agreement with the Provisional Government in the capital
What was The Petrograd Soviet?
The countries that opposed the Bolshevik forces during the Russian Civil War
What were Britain, France, The United States, and (Bonus 100 points if you get this one) Japan?
Who was Petr Stolypin?
The group that discriminated against other ethnicities in the Russian empire and attacked socialist revolutionaries and Jewish people with support from the Tsar
What was the Union of Russian People?