Czars
Events Leading up
Russian Revolution
Political Groups
Stalin
100
A form of government with one absolute ruler
Autocracy
100
Nicholas II was the chief commander of this war. 4 million Russian lives were loss in the first year of fighting alone
WWI
100
This man came back from exile in April of 1917, via train cart
Lenin
100
This group of people believed that a revolution in Russia should be a slow process led by the workers
Menesheviks
100
When Lenin died Stalin beat this person for leadership of the Soviet Union
Trotsky
200
The last name of the family of czars
Romanov
200
Workers demanded better wages and working conditions, Nicholas II ends up killing 1000 innocent people
Bloody Sunday
200
This is the revolution that led to the abdication of Nicholass II
March Revolution
200
This group believed that the revolution must start now, and must be led by a strong leader
Bolsheviks
200
Stalin established a secret police called the
Checka
300
A czar known for liberating the serfs but was assassinated by "The People's Will"
Alexander II
300
This war in 1904, was a major embarrassment for the Russian Empire
Russo-Japanese War
300
This revoltuion involved the storming of the winter palace and put the Bolsheviks in power
October Revolution
300
This was the new name of the Bolshevik party after they took power.
Communist Party
300
Stalin would send political enemies and criminals to these "work camps"
Gulags
400
The czar before Nicholas II who expanded the secret police and increased censorship
Alexander III
400
Riots in February of 1917 was over this item
Bread
400
What was the 2 sides of the Russian Civil War? Who won?
Red- Bolsheviks (winner) White- Bolsheviks
400
This was name of Marxists in Russia before they split into two different political groups
Social Democrats
400
Stalin ruled Russia under a _______________ state. what are two qualities of this kind of state
totalitarian
500
Name all the children of Czar Nicholas II and explain their fate.
Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, Alexie Were executed by order of Lenin, buried into a well and covered in concrete
500
Explain how social unrest led to the Russian Revolution
Duma Bloody Sunday Treatment of peasants Industrialization
500
Explain how the Bolsheviks were able to gain so much power and support in 1917
-"Peace, Land, Bread" -Soviets -Political divisions -Leninism
500
Explain how peasants were treated throughout Russian History. USe specific examples
Decembrists Narodniks Czars/policies
500
Explain how Stalin transformed Russia
Collective Farms Five-Year-Plan Command economy
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