Causes of the Revolution
This ruler had absolute power over Russia before the revolution.
Czar Nicholas II
This revolution in early 1917 forced Nicholas II to abdicate
March Revolution
Farms were combined into large state-run units called...
Collective farms/ collectivization
This term describes a government that controls politics, economy, media, and daily life
totalitarianism
This social system kept peasants poor and tied to land even after emancipation
serfdom
This second revolution in1917 brought Lenin and the Bolsheviks to power.
November/Bolshevik revolution
This type of media praised the government and limited free speech
propaganda/censorship
Lenin
Russia’s heavy losses in this war helped spark revolution
WWI
This building in Petrograd was stormed by the Bolsheviks during their takeover.
Winter Palace
This economic system eliminated private ownership of land and industry
command economy
What was the main goal of the five year plans?
increase production, industrialize, modernize
Food shortages and rising prices caused these urban protests in 1917
This civil war group fought against the Bolshevism and lost.
White Army
These government plans set production goals for industry and agriculture.
Five Year Plans
Forced collectivization contributed to this deadly famine in Ukraine
Holodomor
This political ideology promising “peace, land, and bread” attracted workers and soldiers
communism, socialism, bolshevism
This treaty ended Russia’s involvement in WWI but cost them land.
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
People who opposed the government risked arrest and being sent to these labor camps
Gulags
What was the name of the other man who was 'competing' with Stalin to leader Russia after Lenin's death?