Russian Leaders
He was the founder of the Bolshevik party.
Who was Lenin?
Because the Provisional Government was running the war badly and was controlled by the wealthy and supporters of the monarchy, the Bolsheviks launched this event.
What is the October Revolution?
This party led the violent take over of the Provisional Government.
What is the Bolshevik party?
Russia's last absolute monarch, he was forced out after leading Russia to disaster in World War I and ignoring the needs of workers and peasants.
Who was Tsar Nicholas II?
With this policy, Lenin decided to put Marx's ideas into action immediately by seizing the factories and requiring peasants to give grain to the Red Army.
What is War Communism?
Along with factory workers, this group made up the largest portion of communist supporters in the Russian Revolution.
Who were the peasants?
Unlike Lenin, when faced with food shortages, this leader used violence against the peasants and forced them on to mass collective farms.
Who was Stalin?
At the end of his life, Lenin declared that he should not continue as ruler of the Communist Party.
Who Was Stalin?
This military force lost the Russian Civil War and consisted of supporters of the monarcy and capitalists.
What is the White Army?
This leader believed that Russia could not survive alone as a communist nation and needed to organize other nations to revolt against capitalism as well.
Who was Trotsky?
Moving peasants from their individual plots of land to large farms owned by the government.
What is mass collectivization?
Lenin organized this police force to gain control over political opposition after the overthrow of the provisional government.
What is the cheka?
He was a mysterious and widely distrusted religious leader who advised Tsar Nicholas II.
Who was Rasputin?
When Lenin saw the drop in the food supply and peasant anger, he changed to this plan to allow farmers to sell their grain in a free market.
What is the New Economic Policy?
Stalin placed blame on these wealthy peasants for food shortages during his rule.
Who were the kulaks?