Leader of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Revolution
Who was Lenin?
100
Name for the incident in which the Tsar's troops shot unarmed protesters on a Sunday in 1905.
What is Bloody Sunday?
100
Name for the new nation created in 1922 by the Bolsheviks. Continued until 1991
What is the USSR? (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
100
More radical group of Marxists. Took control in 1917.
What are the Bolsheviks?
200
The tsar who led Russia's military in World War I
Who was Czar Nicholas II
200
Secretary of the Communist Party, slowly took control after Lenin's death.
Who was Stalin?
200
Lenin promised these three things if he gained power.
What is peace, land and bread?
200
Economic system set up to put all necessary resources to support the Bolsheviks against the White army during the civil war.
What is War Communism?
200
Name for the event which forced Nicholas to abdicate
What is the March Revolution?
300
The term for pushing Russian culture onto the people of Russia and targeting minority populations in the late 1800s.
What is Russification
300
General in charge of the military during the civil war. Rival of Stalin to replace Lenin.
Who was Trotsky?
300
Name of the political body which was set up to serve as a voice for the people after the 1905 Revolution. Failed to fulfill promise because it had no real power and Nicholas II didn't listen to it
What is the Duma?
300
This group of countries helped the White army during the civil war.
Who are the Allies?
300
Name of the moderate government that came out of the Duma and was in power from March to November of 1917
What is the Provisional Government.
400
The family that held power in Russia for 300 years until March 1917.
Who are the Romanovs
400
Spiritual leader who gained Queen Alexandra's trust because of his purported ability to heal her son. Influenced policy while Nicholas II was off commanding troops.
Who was Rasputin?
400
Name for the conflict between Russia and this asian country in 1905.
What is the Russo-Japanese war?
400
This was the post civil war economic program which scaled back communist aims and allowed some free market activities.
What is the New Economic Policy
400
Name for the event which ended the provisional government and gave control to the Bolsheviks in November 1917
What is the Bolshevik Revolution?
500
The name for the type of government under the Tsars. Starts with an "a"
What is autocracy?
500
Leader of the Provisional Government. Fled Russia after the November Revolution
Who was Alexander Kerensky?
500
Less radical group of Marxists. Lost out in 1917 to the Bolsheviks.
What are the Mensheviks?
500
Treaty which took Russia out of World War I and gave up huge swaths of land.
What is the Treaty of Bret-Litovsk
500
Name for the local councils of workers which started to assume power in 1917, were controlled by Bolsheviks in Moscow and St. Petersberg.