Vocab
any of the armies which opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War of 1918–21
White Army
treaty between Russia and Germany that would end Russia's involvement in WWI in 1917
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
in 1825 they challanged the new tsar ______________ and some of the military refused to take the traditional oat pledging their loyalty to the ruler.
Nicholas I
_________________- made it clear that he would preserve the power of is office.
Nicholas II
The Bolsheviks were the best ______________ and the most disciplined of Russian's new political groups.
Organized
the official name of the armed forces of Soviet Russia, later Soviet Union
Red Army
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia
Mirs
The ______________ _______________ named because it occurred during the month of December.
Decembrist Revolt
What event happened on January 22, 1905 where over 5 hundred people were killed?
Bloody Sunday
The Bolsheviks slogan was
Peace, Land, and Bread
a person who is forced to work on a plot of land
Serfs
a major rail network that connects European Russia to the Russian Far East, and is the longest railway line in the world
Trans-Siberian-Railway
In 1855, ______________________ became Tsar of Russia following the death of Nicolas I.
Alexander II
By the end of 1914 how many Russians lost their lives?
4 million
The _________Army defeated the White Army.
Red
a form of government in which political power is held by a select few privileged people called aristocrats or nobles
Aristocracy
massacre in St. Petersburg, Russia, of peaceful demonstrators marking the beginning of the violent phase of the Russian Revolution of 1905
Bloody Sunday
Alexander permitted __________ __________ and the ability to hire a lawyer.
Public trails
True or False
The protest in 1905 the police joined the protesters?
True
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R) capital was in what city?
Moscow
term for ruler or king; taken from the Roman word Caesar
Tsar-The Russian
a representative council or legislative assembly in Russia
Duma
True or False
Alexander III enacted harsh measures to assure his control over the counrty.
True
What year did the Tsar give up his throne?
1917
____________ understood that change was necessary.
Lenin