ELLA RUSSIA REVISION Flashcards
Russia was a huge county covering…
1/6 of earths surface
in 1914 how many people lived in Russia
125 million
there was a variety of langueges and customs so…
made it difficult to rule
when did the romanox rule Russia
1613 to 1917
they called the leader of Russia and his wife what
tsar and his wife tsarina
what did they call the heir to the throne
tsarvich
what did the tsar believe
power came from god
the tsar were autocratic what does autocratic mean
one ruler in complete power
tsar believe there what
always right
people called the tsar what
little father
what was two trates of the Russia orthodox church
dominating religion and very closely linked to the state
when did the structure of society not really change
1855-1917
1855-1917 was when there was ???peasants
84% where peasants
until 1861 peasants where actually what
slaves calles serfs
where did slaves (serfs live)
wooden huts which they shared with animals in winter
what were two of the slaves struggles
produced just about enough food, not enough land as rich had so much
who was the last tsar
Nickolas II
when was Nickolas II and his whole family murdered
17th July 1918
who murdered the tsars
bolsheviks
what did the bolsheviks do
took over Russia after the revelation
why was the Russia revolution caused
poverty, autocratic rule of the tsar and problems caused by ww1
who was the heir to the Russian throne
Alexei
what did Alexei suffer from that his mother {Alexandra} passed on to him
haemophilia
she believed the only people who could help her was…
monk Rasputin
who dislike Rasputin influence over the tsar
the nobility
so what did the nobility do
murder Rasputin
what did the tsar do when Russia entered ww1
left his wife in charged and went too the front line
what was the tsar forced to do after Russias failure in ww1
abdicate
what was Russia’s communist party called
bolsheviks
the bolsheviks follow the teachings of who
Karl Marx
what did the bolsheviks want
equality in Russia and to end private ownership
the war had caused so many problems in Russia what did the people want
change
when did Lenin become leader of Russia
October 1917
what did Lenin promises
bread, peace, land and all power to soviets {workers}
Russia left ww1 by…
the treaty of Brest-litovsk
how did Lenin keep control of Russia
secret police
what was Lenin’s secret police called
the Cheka
lenin caused a civil war to…
remove his opponents
Lenin army was called what
the red army
who lead the red army
Leon trotsky
the red army fought who
the white army {tsar supporters}
the green army {the nationalities}
when did Josef Stalin rule Russia
from 1924 to 1953
what was Josefs starlings nickname
man of steel
what did Lenin say about Stalin
Stalin should not rule Russia
what were two bad things Stalin did
sent 18m people to gulags {prison}
caused a famine which killed 7m peasants in 1932
stalin modernists Russia by…
100 years
how did Stalin modernist Russia
5 year plan and allowed 40m people die
why did they not like tsarina
Bec she was German
