removed Tsar Nicholas II from power, developed spontaneously out of a series of increasingly violent demonstrations and riots on the streets of Petrograd
The February Revolution
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Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks?
Lenin
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What slogan did Lenin use following his arrival in Russia in April 1917?
“All power to the Soviets!”
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The February Revolution began as a(n)
International Women’s Day march
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What year did Lenin have massive strokes that caused his death 2 years later?
1922
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What was it called when in November of 1917 the Bolsheviks overthrew the Provisional Government?
October Revolution
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Who was the leader of the Provisional Government?
Alexander Kerensky
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Who had more soldiers, the Red Army or Whites?
The Whites
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What calendar did Russia use until February 1918?
Julian
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What year-year was the Civil War in Russia?
1918-1921
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What is the name of the event that occurred in January of 1905 when the peasants peacefully marched to the tsar's Winter Palace?
Bloody Sunday
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Who is the leader of the Red Army?
Trotsky
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What did Lenin promise when he gave his speech in April of 1917?
Peace, land, and bread
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As a result of the February Revolution, the tsar
Voluntarily abdicated
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When (month and year) was the tsar forced to abdicate?
March of 1917
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1936-1939 What was it called when Stalin ordered hundreds of thousands of people to be arrested on charges of disloyalty and they are tried, convicted and then either executed or sent to labor camps.
The Great Purge
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In January of 1917, Who did tsar Nicholas 2nd leave in charge of Russia when he took control of the army?
Czarina Alexandra
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What is the name of when in 1927-1929 Stalin decided to force peasants to work on Collective Farms?
The Revolution from above
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What was the set of ideas that Lenin expressed in the newspaper Pravda following his return to Russia?
The April Theses
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the Kulaks were excluded from the collective farms and sent to Siberia
1929
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What did the tsar sign in October of 1905 to get the protestors to divide into different groups?
October Manifesto
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The prime minister under Nicholas II.
Petr Stolypin
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What was the Aurora?
A Russian cruiser brought into Petrograd by sailors loyal to the Bolsheviks
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Which of the following seriously weakened the provisional government?