Vocabulary
The October Revolution
Bolshevik Reforms
Key Events
200
This word means to take control of land or property, often by force or without permission.
What is seize?
200
This Bolshevik leader promised "Peace, Land, and Bread" to rally support for the revolution.
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
200
The Bolsheviks abolished this system, redistributing land to peasants after seizing power.
What is private land ownership?
200
This fortified complex in Moscow became the Bolshevik headquarters after a week-long battle.
What is the Kremlin?
400
This word means to remove from power, or to revolt against someone in power, especially a government.
What is overthrow?
400
This Marxist revolutionary worked alongside Lenin and helped lead the Red Guards during the Bolshevik takeover.
Who is Leon Trotsky?
400
This symbol, featuring a hammer and sickle, represented the union of workers and peasants under Bolshevik rule.
What is the Soviet red flag?
400
Peasants took this action against landlords as the provisional government’s authority collapsed.
What is seizing land?
600
This term refers to the ownership of land or property by individuals rather than the government or community.
What is private ownership?
600
The provisional government’s decision to continue this global conflict eroded public support and fueled Bolshevik recruitment.
What is World War I?
600
Workers gained control of these production centers as part of Bolshevik reforms.
What are factories and mines?
600
By November 1917, the Russian army had devolved into this, according to official reports.
What is a “huge crowd of tired, poorly clad, poorly fed, embittered men”?
800
This word means a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government.
What is revolution?
800
In July 1917, this failed military campaign against Germany turned soldiers against the provisional government.
What was the Kerensky Offensive?
800
After overthrowing the provisional government, the Bolsheviks renamed themselves this
What are Communists?
800
This provisional leader’s government fell after failing to address land reform and war exhaustion.
Who was Alexander Kerensky?
1000
This term refers to the act of distributing land or resources among people.
What is distribute?
1000
Armed factory workers and mutinous sailors formed these groups that stormed government buildings in November 1917.
What were the Red Guards?
1000
Despite initial hopes of self-rule, Russians soon found themselves under the control of this new authority
What was the Bolshevik/Communist Party?
1000
The Bolsheviks declared their intention to build this type of state after seizing power.
What is a proletarian socialist state?