The Bolsheviks
The color associated with the Bolshevik Party.
What is red?
This war was going on when the 1917 revolutions took place.
What was World War I?
He was the last king of Russia.
Who was Nicholas II?
Economic theory which states that if people pursue their personal best interests, the whole society will benefit.
What is capitalism?
This is what the word "Stalin" means.
What is "man of steel"?
The chairman of the Bolshevik Party during the Russian Civil War.
Who was Vladimir Lenin?
This is the reason for the tsar's absence from St. Petersburg when the February Revolution took place.
What is "he was commanding the Russian Army"?
Alexander II's most famous accomplishment.
What was "freeing the serfs"?
The economic theory which predicts that workers will overthrow owners as a result of industrialized capitalism.
What is communism?
These were landowning peasants who were persecuted by the Stalin government.
Who were kulaks?
The organizer, and top commander of the Bolshevik Red Army during the Russian Civil War.
Who was Leon Trotsky?
This war partially contributed to the Revolution of 1905.
What was the Russo-Japanese War?
Mass arrests, incarcerations, executions (and general terror campaigns) against Russian Jews.
What were pogroms?
Karl Marx's word for the "working class."
What is "proletariat"?
ONE way Stalin helped industrialize the USSR.
What was: 1) increased coal production; 2) expanded RR network; 3) increased steel production; 4) mechanization of farms by producing tractors
The country that helped Vladimir Lenin get back into Russia during the 1917 revolutions.
What was the German Empire?
ONE of the moderate communist parties, which opposed the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.
What was: 1) Mensheviks; 2) Revolutionary Socialists
The legislative body, authorized in 1905 by Nicholas II.
What was the Duma?
According to Karl Marx, this thing only exists to force workers to do jobs they would never ordinarily do.
What is currency? (money also acceptable)
He was Joseph Stalin's primary rival for power in the Bolshevik Party.
Who was Leon Trotsky?
The term used by Lenin to describe a government run by the people.
What is "dictatorship of the proletariat"?
The primary resource being fought over during the Russian Civil War.
What was food?
TWO of the reasons people were unhappy with Tsarina Alexandra's prominent role in government from 1915-1917.
Who was Sergei Witte?
Agricultural strategy imposed by Stalin to increase farm production, and reduce private ownership.
What was "collectivization"?
Period of time from 1936-1938 when Stalin consolidated power by eliminating "enemy classes."
What was the Great Purge? (Great Terror also acceptable)