Vocabulary
Who are the Bolsheviks?
They are people that Lenin ruled who seized power in Russia. 🚽
Who is Rasputin?
He is a peasant who "healed" Queen Alexandra's son and the queen gave him a royal look after. 🦍
What were the 3 things Lenin promised the people but didn't give to them? (each one listed = 100 points)
1. Peace
2. Land
3. Bread
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Yellow Gorillas
When was the Russian Revolution?
In 1917
Who are the Kulaks?
They were rich peasants. 🚦
Who is Tsar Nicholas II?
He was the King of Russia before the Bolsheviks. 👑
Female workers went on strike for:
BREAD 🍞
How did Lenin manage to get power?
He promised the people who would help him rise to power peace, land, and bread.
What was the Great Purge?
It was something Stalin created to torture and kill people he believed were threats to him and his ideas.
What is the Gulag?
A torture and kill system set up by Stalin which killed many people.
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
He was a dude who ruled the Bolsheviks and make the kulaks have a hard life.
What ended the rule of Queen Alexandra & Czar Nicholas II?
The discontent of their citizens, and later, THE ASSASSINATION OF THE WHOLE FAMILY 🔪🔪🔪
How did Stalin get to power?
After Lenin died, one of his followers killed his opponent, who was Trotsky, I'm Mexico
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Pink Cockroaches
What does totalitarian state mean?
It means a government who attempts or does take control over its citizens' public and private lives.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
He was the guy who ruled after Lenin and was very strict about his laws and killed many people. ☠ ☠💀☠
Why was Czar Nicholas never there for his country?
He was out at WAR 💣💥💥💣
How and why did the royal family die?
Rasputin was assassinated after disappointing the nation, and the royal family wasn't any more stronger without him, so they got shot or stabbed to death by some Bolsheviks.
What was one good thing that Lenin did?
He stopped wars between Russia and Germany by giving them some land.
What is Socialist Realism?
A style that Stalin used made the socialists look like good people. 🇨🇳
Who is Leon Trotsky?
The person who went against Stalin and got killed by one of his supporters.💀
Why did Lenin think Stalin was a dangerous man?
He believed he had a lot of power but he couldn't control it. 🤯
What caused the Russian Revolution?
Because of Czar Nicholas II's weak rule and because of how Rasputin sort of ruined their rule too because he only focused on him and his friends, to be fair, he was a peasant with no experience.
How did the killings of some of these people backfire on Stalin?
He decided it was a wonderful and lovely idea to kill the military officers and he had no one to protect Russia when there were invaders around.