Nicholas ll
Which war did Russia enter in August of 1914?
WW1
When did the Russian Civil War start?
late 1917
When did the February Revolution begin?
March 8, 1917
Who was the Bolshevik Party leader?
Vladimir Lenin
Which countries did Russia industrialize a long time after?
Western Europe and the United States
Who did the Russians support in WW1?
the Serbs, French, and the British.
Who did the White Army fight for?
A group of loosely allied forces
What did the Duma create on March 12?
a provisional government
What happened on November 6 and 7, 1917?
Vladimir Lenin launched a nearly bloodless coup d’état against the Duma’s provisional government.
Which major Russian cities population doubled between 1890 and 1910?
St. Petersburg and Moscow
What did Czar Nicholas ll promise after the bloodshed of 1905?
the formation of a series of representative assemblies to work reform
Who did the Red Army fight for?
Lenin’s Bolshevik government
What did Czar Nicholas do to end centuries of Russian Romanov rule?
He left the throne.
Who led the Soviet government that Lenin called for?
councils of soldiers, peasants and workers
What led to the "Bloody Sunday massacre of 1905"?
large protests by Russian workers against the monarchy.
Who did Russia face in WW1?
Germany
Which Revolution came before the Russia Civil War?
the Bolshevik Revolution
What did the leaders of the provisional government establish?
a liberal program of rights, freedom of speech
Who created the Provisional Government?
a group of leaders from Russia’s bourgeois capitalist class
What did the "Bloody Sunday massacre of 1905" cause?
the Russian Revolution of 1905
Why did Czar Nicholas leave the Russian capital of Petrograd?
to take command of the Russian Army front
Who won the Russian Civil War?
the Red Army
Who continued the Russian war effort?
minister of war, Alexander Kerensky
What was the Vladimir Lenin first to do?
to become the dictator of the world’s first communist state
Which war lasted from 1854-1856?
Crimean War