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Czar
What was the name of the ruler in pre-revolutionary Russia?
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The current capital city of Russia.
What is Moscow?
100
The last Czar of Russia before the 1917 revolution.
Who was Czar Nicholas II?
200
A political system based on the hereditary rule of an individual person.
What is a monarchy?
200
This city has also been called Petrograd and Leningrad.
What is St. Petersburg?
200
He was a Russian mystic and advisor to the Romanovs.
Who was Rasputin?
300
The Russian Revolution pitted the "whites" against the ____?
What are the reds?
300
This treaty is named for the place where it was signed, ending Russia's participation in World War I.
What is Brest-Litovsk?
300
He was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and theorist, Soviet politician, and the founder and first leader of the Red Army.
Who was Leon Trotsky?
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These were relatively wealthy, independent peasants.
What is a kulak?
400
This important figure of the Russian Revolution was better known by another name, though his full name was Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov.
Who was Vladimir Lenin?
500
The Russian revolutionaries led by Lenin were also know by this term.
Who are the Bolsheviks?
500
A major, unsuccessful rebellion against the Bolsheviks took place in this city.
What is Kronstadt?
500

Man that took over after Lenin

Stalin