Ch23 - People Flashcards
Who was the founder of the Communist movement?
Karl Marx
Who wrote The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital?
Karl Marx
Who was the only close friend and associate Marx ever had?
Friedrich Engles
Who was the first czar of Russia?
Ivan the Terrible
Who passed laws tying the peasant farmers to the land, creating the serfs?
Ivan the Terrible
What Russian ruler began the Romanov dynasty?
Michael Romanov
How long did the Romanov dynasty last?
300 years
Who was the greatest and most capable of the Romanov czars?
Peter the Great
Who sought to “westernize” Russia?
Peter the Great
Which Russian empress embraced Western ideas, especially those by Voltaire?
Catherine the Great
What early 19th-century czar fought Napoleon and formed the Holy Alliance?
Alexander I
What successor of Alexander I faced trouble from revolutionaries during the Decembrist Revolt of 1825?
Nicholas I
Who was known as the “Czar Liberator” because he freed the serfs in 1861?
Alexander II
Which Russian ruler determined to crush all opposition to the throne after the assassination of Alexander II?
Alexander III
Who ruled as czar of Russia until forced to abdicate?
Nicholas II
