Terms to Know
Famous Places
Famous People
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Czar
What was the name of the ruler in pre-revolutionary Russia?
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The current capital city of Russia.
What is Moscow?
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The last Czar of Russia before the 1917 revolution.
Who was Czar Nicholas II?
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A political system based on the hereditary rule of an individual person.
What is a monarchy?
200
This city has also been called Petrograd and Leningrad.
What is St. Petersburg?
200
He was a Russian mystic and advisor to the Romanovs.
Who was Rasputin?
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The Russian Revolution pitted the "whites" against the ____?
What are the reds?
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This treaty is named for the place where it was signed, ending Russia's participation in World War I.
What is Brest-Litovsk?
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He was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and theorist, Soviet politician, and the founder and first leader of the Red Army.
Who was Leon Trotsky?
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These were relatively wealthy, independent peasants.
What is a kulak?
400
This important figure of the Russian Revolution was better known by another name, though his full name was Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov.
Who was Vladimir Lenin?
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The Russian revolutionaries led by Lenin were also know by this term.
Who are the Bolsheviks?
500
A major, unsuccessful rebellion against the Bolsheviks took place in this city.
What is Kronstadt?
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Man that took over after Lenin

Stalin

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