Pre-1917 Revolution
Russia had this form of government prior to the 1917 revolution.
Autocracy / Tsardom
This Siberian peasant was rumored to have immense influence over the royal family. (*need full name)
Grigori Rasputin
This Revolution resulted in the Tsar abdicating.
February Revolution
This policy involved the government taking over the means of production and resources like grain during the Russian Civil War.
War Communism
This political party took power and created the Soviet Union after the Russian Revolution.
Bolsheviks
Russia’s loss in the Russo-Japanese War, peasants and workers wanting a voice in government, and Russian troops firing on a peaceful protest led to this event.
1905 Revolution
This Tsar was Russia's last Tsar.
Nicholas II
This economic system involves most or all of the means of production being owned/controlled by the government. However, currency (money) and private ownership are still allowed to some degree.
Socialism
This was Lenin's relaxation of a former policy, which reintroduced private ownership and money into the economy and did away with grain seizures.
New Economic Policy
This political faction included liberals, conservatives, constitutional monarchists, moderate socialists, foreign nations, and other groups.
Whites
This event garnered mass attention across Russia after a gathering of peaceful protestors was fired upon by imperial guards.
Bloody Sunday
This Tsar's reforms encouraged revolution by allowing more educational opportunities, freedom of speech, and public discussion that was critical of the Tsar.
Alexander II
This Revolution Resulted in the Bolsheviks seizing power from the Provisional Government.
October Revolution
The period of time during which Vladimir Lenin ordered his secret police to arrest any person suspected of being an enemy of the revolution.
Red Terror
Bolsheviks believed this group should run the government.
Intelligentsia (small group of highly educated individuals)
This decree, issued by Nicholas II after the 1905 Revolution, promised reforms such as creating a written constitution, an elected national legislature, and granting civil liberties.
October Manifesto
The legislature created by the tsar after the 1905 revolution.
The Duma
The Provisional Government was primarily made up of this class of people.
Middle-class workers
This action by Vladimir Lenin directly led to the Russian Civil War.
Disbanding the National Assembly
This political party believed in a slower, democratic transition to socialism that involved large amounts of the working class being involved in governmental decisions.
Menshiviks
How most peasants responded to radical university students’ calls for revolution in 1873–1874.
Suspicion / Confusion / They didn't understand the message
When a country/person/business runs out of money, they may declare this.
Bankruptcy
Food shortages, dissatisfaction with Russia's handling of WWI, and economic collapse led to the overthrow of this.
Provisional Government
White armies were hindered by these 2 factors during the Civil War.
Lack of common motivations and geographical separation
This was the main moderate political party during and before the 1917 Russian Revolution.
Kadets