Russian Revolution
Vocabulary
The Royals
Bolshevik Revolution
Russian Civil War
100

This was the general economic situation for most Russians in the 1900s.

What is impoverished?

100

Who were the Bolsheviks?

A political party of Russia that believed that a violent revolution was needed to change Russia.

100

The last Czar.

Who is Nicholas II?

100

The emergency governmental authority set up by Alexander Kerensky after Nicholas II abdicated the throne.

What is the Provisional government?

100

The name of the Royal family that was executed

The Romanovs

200

This country’s government aided Lenin in returning to Russia.

What is Germany?

200

Who were the Mensheviks?

The moderate party of Russia. They wanted to win over the masses

200

 Czarina Alexandra's controversial advisor.

What is Grigory Rasputin?

200

The Soviet Union consisted of.

What is Soldiers, workers and peasants?

200

The white army fought for.

What is a large group of loosely allied (anti-Bolshevik) forces?

300

The Russian Revolution was fought between these two armies

What is the Red and White Armies

300

The ruler of Russia until the 1917 revolution.

What is a Czar?

300

The creator of the secret police in Russia

Who is Nicholas I

300

Where the Bolsheviks and allies were located.

What is government buildings and locations in Petrograd?

300

Who won the Civil war?

What is Lenin's red army?

400

The violent political event that took place in 1917.

What is the Russian Revolution?

400

A federal socialist state in Northern Eurasia.

What is the Soviet Union?

400

A Russian Czar who abolished serfdom and sold Alaska and the Aleutian Islands to the United States

Who is Czar Alexander II

400

Which famous Russian figure promised the people "Peace, Land, Bread!"

Lenin

400

The red army fought for.

What is Lenin’s Bolshevik government?

500

This Czar abdicated the throne shortly before the Revolution

Nicholas II

500

An international conflict that in 1914–18 embroiled most of the nations of Europe along with Russia, the United States, the Middle East, and other regions.

What is WWI?

500

This Czar ruled during the Industrial Revolution. His reign was cruel and harsh for liberals.

Who is Czar Alexander III

500

The new head of the government.

What is Lenin?

500
When the civil war ended.

What is 1923?

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