Introduction
What was the Russian capital city renamed to?
*bonus* What year did they change it?
1. Petrograd
2. 1914
What was Russias economy based on in 1900?
Agriculture
When was the Socialist Revolutionary Party founded?
- 1901
Who was the leader of Russia before the Russian Revolution?
Tsar Nicholas the Second
How many people were executed after they were arrested?
300,000 persons
How did Russia’s monarchy come to an end?
When Michael (Nicholas' Brother) refused to take the throne
Why were nobles upset?
Their lack of political power.
What is Bloody Sunday?
The massacre in St. Petersburg, Russia, of peaceful protesters who marched to present a list of demands to the czar
What political Party was Vladimir Lenin a part of?
The Bolsheviks
What is the Red Terror?
Extreme measures that the communists took to stay in power.
Who were the Duma?
Russia’s legislature
What did Alexander II change?
Education systems and relaxed laws about speaking to the government.
When did Russia’s political parties outlaw and operate in secret become legal?
1905
How did the Bolsheviks solidify their power?
By forming a secret police force, reaffirming censorship of the press, and ending Russia’s involvement in WW1
Who were "The Whites” allied with and what did they supply?
United States, Britain, France. They supplied troops and supplies.
When did Vladimir Lenin arrive in Russia after his exile ?
April 1917
Most peasants lived in villages organized to what?
Communes
Russia’s defeat in Japan in 1904 and 1905 added what?
A growing discontent with the czar’s rule
What were the two parts of the Russian Revolution called?
The February Revolution, and the October Revolution
In 1912, what did Lenin replace the communists with?
New Economy Policy or the NEP.
Who were eager to grant Lenin's request?
The Germans.
What year did Alexander III pass away?
1894
What happened in October 1905?
-Nicholas II agreed to allow an elected national legislature, called the Duma, to accept a written constitution and to grant the people basic civil liberties.
Of 12 million men called to military service in Russia, how many were killed, injured, wounded, or captured?
9 million men
What continued to stay under government control?
Communications, transportation, major industries like mining oil and steel.