Causes
What event led Russian soldiers to mutiny against the Czar?
WWI
Who was the leader of the Russian Revolution?
Vladamir Lenin
The name of the most influential communist document
The Communist Manifesto
Name of the "reeducation camps" used by the Soviet government for bad behavior
Gulag
The name of the final Soviet leader
Mikhail Gorbachev
The term that describes when a monarch gives up their power
Abdication
Who was the creator of modern communism?
Karl Marx
Term for the workers in Marx's philosophy
The proletariat
The name of Stalin's crackdown on political opponents
Teh Great Purge/Terror
Describe a command economy
All major economic decisions are made by a central authority / government.
What role did Rasputin play in the Czar's government?
Healer of his son's disease
Leader that took over after Lenin
Joseph Stalin
The name Marx gave to farms, factories, other large businesses, and the materials goods needed to make things.
The means of production
What did Stalin call the "Fifth column"?
The enemies of the Soviet Union
What was the goal of Soviet Foreign Policy?
Spreading international revolution/communism
Describe Bloody Sunday
Where peaceful protesters marching to the Palace in St. Petersburg for better working conditions were fired upon by Imperial Guard troops, resulting in numerous deaths and injuries. It fueled public outrage, leading to widespread unrest.
What was the name of the communist revolutionaries in Russia?
The Bolsheviks
Daily Triple:
Communism: a political theory derived from Karl Marx’s ideas that advocates for [supports] a class war between the ________________________ and the ________________________, leading to a classless society where all _______________________ would be owned by the community.
Proletariat - Bourgeoisie- Means of Production
The event in central Asia that sped up the collapse of the USSR
Military defeat in Afghanistan
The year the Berlin Wall was ripped down & the year the USSR collapsed
1989 - 1991
Describe the daily life of a Russian serf (Working conditions, hours, treatment)
"...forced to work in poor conditions with little pay without their most basic needs being met."
"During the busy season, there were no set limits to the work day: if the steward wished, it could last for sixteen hours or more, with only an hour off for lunch…"
The second in command of the Russian Revolution that was first exiled and later assassinated by Stalin
Leon Trotsky
Daily Double:
How did Lenin's communism differ from Marx's? Must cite two major differences covered in class.
Marx Believed
The working class would be the ones to start the Communist revolution and overthrow the capitalist class
In order to get to a Communist state a civilization must first be industrialized and live under the rule of the bourgeoisie [the rich capitalists]
Lenin Believed
Intellectuals could start the revolution of the working class against the capitalists
An agrarian country, like Russia, could skip the industrial stage that Marx described and create a Communist state
Daily Double
Name three countries the Soviet Union supported communist revolutions in
Cuba, Vietnam, Korea, many others.
Daily Triple
Name and describe the two policies Gorbachev passed to reform Soviet society (You must attempt the answer in Russian.
Glasnost and Perestroika: "Openness and Restructuring".
More political freedom and economic capitalism