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Decline and Fall of the Romanov Dynasty Flashcards

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Nicholas II was the …. …. of Rusia

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Last Tsar

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Who was Nicholas II’s father?

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Alexander III

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When did Nicholas II become Tsar, at what age, and why?

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  • May 26, 1896
  • 26 years old
  • His father, Tsar Alexander III, died of kidney disease
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Where was Tsar Nicholas II’s coronation ceremony, and how long did it last?

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  • Moscow
  • 5 hours
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How much did the imperial crown weigh?

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4kg

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What happened at Nicholas II’s coronation ceremony?

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  • 500,000 people present
  • Fight started
  • People trampled
  • Thousands dead/wounded
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Tsar Nicholas was influenced by his …… and several other family members. This caused his ……. to presume he had no … of his own

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  • Uncle
  • Enemies
  • Will
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Whose fault was Russia’s loss in the Russo-Japanese war

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Germany

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When did Russia begin to quickly descend into revolution?

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1905

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Autocratic

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One person (auto) has all the power

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Reform

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Change or improve

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Abdicate

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Ruler of a country gives up their position

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Communism

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A political ideology where all people are (supposed to be) equal

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Soviet

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A collection of workers

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Revolution

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  • An attempt to take over a goverment
  • A period of great change
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Capitalism

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A political ideology in which money and big business are important.

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Tsar

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The ruler of Russia before 1917

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Proletariat

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The poorer, working class people

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Republic

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A country not ruled by a king, queen, tsar or tsarina

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Bourgeoise

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Rich and powerful - those owning businesses and factories

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Manifesto

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A list of ideas showing what a political party believes in

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Socialism

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Political ideology that gives workers lots of control

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Ideology

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A political idea

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Constitution

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Rules of a country, its government or political system

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Influence

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To have power over

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Discontent

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Anger or unhappiness

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Intelligentsia

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Educated people who often try to influence or lead positive reform

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Duma

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Russian parliament

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Bolshevik

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A communist political party led by Vladimir Lenin

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Divine

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Given power by God

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Concession

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To give something

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Provisional

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Temporary or for a short period of time

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Dynasty

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A powerful ruling family over a number of generations

33
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For hundreds of years Russia was ruled by the Romanov ……., a series of powerful ……… tsars and tsarnas who ruled with ……. control.

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  • Dynasty
  • Autocratic
  • Absolute
34
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In …., A German philosopher named Karl …. published his ideas, known as the ……… ……….

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  • 1848
  • Marx
  • Communist Manifesto
35
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Is this a military problem, economic impact, or leadership failure?

Feb 1917: 9 million dead or wounded Russian soldiers. Nicholas went to lead the army. This made him responsible for the deaths and defeats in most people’s eyes.

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Military problem/Leadership failure

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Is this a military problem, economic impact, or leadership failure?

The government was left in the hands of the Tsarina (who was German) and the monk Rasputin. Most Russians believed they were unfit to have any authority.

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Leadership failure

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Is this a military problem, economic impact, or leadership failure?

Taking 12 million men to fight in the army ruined Russia’s abililty to run its farms - there were not enough workers to take in the harvest.

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Military problem

38
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Is this a military problem, economic impact, or leadership failure?

The war effort clogged up the railways with military transport. Food couldn’t get into the towns.

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Military problem

39
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Is this a military problem, economic impact, or leadership failure?

March 4th: Workers at the Putilov armaments factory in St Petersburg went on strike. Many say that this was the real start of the February Revolution.

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Economic impact

40
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Is this a military problem, economic impact, or leadership failure?

March 12th: People were starving and freezing. Women marched demanding bread. The marches turned into riots.

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Economic impact

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Is this a military problem, economic impact, or leadership failure?

Bread riots got out of control. The Tsarina wrote to the Tsar, blaming ‘hooligans’ for the trouble. This shows how out of touch they were.

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Leadership failure

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Is this a military problem, economic impact, or leadership failure?

March 12th: The Tsarina called for government troops to stop the riots. The soldiers refused and joined in with the rioters.

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Military problem/leadership failure

43
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Is this a military problem, economic impact, or leadership failure?

March 13th: At the Kronstadt naval base, the sailors mutinied and murdered hundreds of their officers.

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Military problem

44
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Is this a military problem, economic impact, or leadership failure?

March 13th: The Tsar tried to get back from the front but it was too late. None of the soldiers were loyal and his train could not get through to St. Petersburg.

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Military problem/leadership failure

45
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Is this a military problem, economic impact, or leadership failure?

March 15th: The Duma realised the government was collapsing and the Tsar had ‘lost it’. It set up a provisional government, and forced the Tsar to abdicate.

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Leadership failure

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Nicholas had grand dreams of ……. the war - he wanted to go to the ….. …. to take charge. He was a …. general.

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Leading
Front line
Poor

47
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There were …….. dead/wounded Russian soldiers by ….. The Russian army suffered heavy ………

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9 million
1917
Defeats

48
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The Tsarina was ……. Rumor spread that she was secretly working to help ……. win the war against …….

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German
Germany
Russia

49
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…….. was given enormous influence in Russia. His reputation and possession of power ……. many ………

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Rasputin
Angered
Russians

50
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Taking ……… men to fight in the army ruined Russia’s ability to run its ….. There were not enough ……. to take in the ……..

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12 million
Farms
Workers
Harvest

51
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The war effort clogged up the …….. with …….. transport.
…. couldn’t get into the towns.

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Railways
Military
Food

52
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People in Russia were …….. and ……… Women marched demanding …… The marches turned into ……

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Starving
Freezing
Bread
Riots

53
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At the Kronstadt ….. base - sailors …….., killing their ………

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Naval
Mutinied
Officers

54
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Nicholas tried to get back to …………, but his ….. was stopped and he had lost control of his ………

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St. Petersburg
Train
Soldiers

55
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The …. realised the government was ………. It set up a ………. government and forced Nicholas to ………

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Duma
Collapsing
Provisional
Abdicate

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