Russian Revolution

Key People

100

This last Russian tsar abdicated during the 1917 Revolution?

Nicholas II

200

This Bolshevik leader wrote the April Theses.

Lenin

300

This mystic became close to the royal family and damaged their reputation.

Rasputin

400

This man organized and led the Red Army during the Civil War.

Trotsky

500

This group’s leaders included Lenin, Trotsky, and other Marxist revolutionaries.

The Bolsheviks

Causes of the Revolution

100

Most Russians were poor this (type of worker) living in the countryside.

Peasants

200

This political system gave the tsar absolute power over Russia.

Autocracy

300

Russia’s defeat in this 1904–05 war triggered the spread of revolutionary ideology.

Russo-Japanese War

400

This event in January 1905 involved troops firing on peaceful protesters.

Bloody Sunday

500

Marxists believed that this type of struggle would bring revolution.

Class struggle

Major Events

100

This was the first revolution in 1917 that removed the tsar.

February Revolution

200

This second 1917 revolution brought the Bolsheviks to power.

October Revolution

300

The Bolsheviks promised “Peace, Land, and ___.”

Bread

400

This 1918 treaty ended Russia’s involvement in WWI.

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

500

This uprising in 1921 protested against Bolshevik policies.

Russian Civil War