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Absolute Rulers
Absolute Rulers
Russian Revolution & Communism
Soviet Imperialism and Fall of Communism
Terms
100
I killed my oldest son and heir
Who is Ivan the Terrible
100
I built a new city known as St. Petersberg
Who is Peter the Great
100
I wrote the Communist Manifesto
Who is Karl Marx
100
This became known as the division between free and communist Europe. (East and West Europe)
What is the iron curtain
100
A Temporary government
What is Provisional Government
200
I had my spouse killed so I could take the thrown
Who is Catherine the Great
200
I had been exiled to Germany prior to 1917.
Who is Vladimir Lenin
200
This is a political and economic system based on socialism and often has a dictator.
What is communism
200
These were the 2 superpowers of the Cold War.
What are the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR)
200
Group of Marxist who took control of Russia's government in Nov. of 1917.
What is Bolsheviks
300
I was the 1st to take the title of Czar
Who is Ivan the Terrible
300
I brought the newspaper to Russia
Who is Peter the Great
300
This is the name for local councils made up of workers, peasants, and soldiers.
What is a soviet
300
The middle eastern country the Soviets invaded in 1979
What is Afghanistan
300
In Marxism, this group of workers would overthrow the czar and the rule of Russia
What is the Proleteriat
400
I centralized the Russian government and conquered much of the territory around Moscow
Who is Ivan the Great
400
I brought communism to Russia
Who is Vladimir Lenin
400
This is the Month the Russian Revolution began?
When is March
400
This pact between the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe was suppose to offset the NATO agreement.
What is the Warsaw Pact.
400
Landowning nobility in Russia
What is the Boyers
500
Encourage people to think of me as the greatest genius of all time.
Who is Stalin
500
I became an ally to the U.S during WWII
What is Joseph Stalin
500
He is known as the last Czar of Russia
Who is Nicholas II
500
This Soviet leader introduced the world to the terms "glasnost and perestroika"
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev
500
Defensive Military alliance formed in 1949 by 10 Western European countries in the US.
What is NATO