Leaders
The last Tzar of Russia
Who is Nicholas II?
This calendar was in use in Russia during the Revolution.
What is the Julian calendar?
The opposition to the Bolshevik Army went by this name.
What is the White Army?
This person caused a great deal of concern when he started showing up at the Tzars palace.
Who is Rasputin?
The Russian sent from Germany to add chaos to political unrest
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
This was the year of the Bolshevik revolution.
When was 1917?
This is what the USSR stands for.
What is the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics?
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
The leader closest to Lenin.
Who is Leon Trotsky?
On the Russian calendar, the Women's Day March was held in this month.
What is February?
This was the capital of Russia during WWI.
What is Petrograd?
Instead of being called "Socialists," the Leninist party preferred this term.
What is communist?
The leader who forms the USSR.
Who is Jospeh Stalin?
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was formed.
When was 1922?
This was the Bolshevik security agency, formed to eradicate counter-revolutionary activity.
What is the Checka?
At some point Lenin realized he could not control the politics of his surrounding nations, and called his project by this moniker.
What is "Socialism in one country"?
The unpopular wife of Tzar Nicholas II.
Who is Empress Alexandra?
The Duma was formed, reluctantly, by Nicholas II.
When is 1905?
A system of local self-government in Russia that provided essential needs when the monarchy failed to do so.
What is a Zemstvos?
In addition to the Great War with Germany, the Russians had also been badly beaten down by war with this country to its East.
What is Japan?