Causes of Revolution
This global conflict, beginning in 1914, resulted in 1.7 million military deaths and severely damaged the Russian economy.
What is World War I
Who led the October revolution?
What is Vladimir Lenin
What major 1917 event began as a bread riot by women in Petrograd.
The February Revolution
To his father, Nicholas II, these two older daughters were known as the "Big Pair".
Who are Olga and Tatiana
This February 1917 event led to the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II and the collapse of the Romanov dynasty.
What is the February Revolution?
Due to rapid industrialization, high taxes, and wartime conscription, these basic items became scarce, triggering city protests in early 1917.
What are food/bread supplies
Who organized the Red Army?
What is Leon Trotsky
What was Nicholas II forced to do in March 1917, ending centuries of Romanov rule.
Abdicate the throne.
Born in 1868, he was the last Tsar of Russia, ascending the throne in 1894.
What is Nicholas II
He led the Bolsheviks in the October Revolution of 1917 and became the first leader of the USSR.
Who is Vladimir Lenin
While Tsar Nicholas II was at the front lines, his wife, Tsarina Alexandra, was heavily influenced by this mysterious figure.
Who was Grigori Rasputin?
Who was the leading female Bolshevik who served as Commissar for Social Welfare?
What dual power structure formed after the Tsar's fall, pitting the Provisional Government against this council of workers?
The Petrograd Soviet.
This holy man was invited to the Winter Palace to treat Alexei's hemophilia.
Who is Rasputin
The conflict between the Provisional Government and this council of workers/soldiers led to the October Revolution.
What is the soviet
In March 1917, soldiers in this city refused orders to shoot protesters, leading to the collapse of authority.
What is Petrograd (St. Petersburg)
Who was head of the Cheka, the initial Soviet security apparatus?
What is Felix Dzerzhinsky
Who was the leader of the Provisional Government that stayed in WWI?
Alexander Kerensky.
Before becoming Tsar, this was the official title of Nicholas II.
What is Tsesarevich
The Red Army defeated this opposing group to establish the Soviet Union.
Who are the Whites (or White Army)
Russia’s financial system collapsed in 1917 because of high foreign debt and this type of fiscal policy to fund the war.
What is high taxation/printing too much money
Who was a key Bolshevik organizer, who played a lesser military role in 1917 compared to his later rise to power?
What is Joseph Stalin
What party, led by Lenin, seized control of the government in October 1917?
The Bolsheviks.
In 1981, 63 years after their deaths, the Romanov family was canonized as this type of saint by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.
What are Passion Bearers
In December 1922, this entity was formally established, encompassing much of the former Russian Empire.
Who is Joseph Stalin