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Who was Alexander II? What was he known as?

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Tsar from 1855-1881

Tsar Liberator

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Who were Nicholas and Dmitri Milyutin?

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Brothers who were close advisers of Alexander II

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Who was Alexander III?

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Tsar from 1881 to 1894

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Who was Konstantin Pobedonostev?

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Tutor and adviser to Alexander III

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Who was Leon Trotsky? What did he mastermind?

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An orator

Takeover of Petrograd in 1917

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Who was Julius Martov?

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Social Democratic Workers’ Party leader

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Who was Mikhail Von Reutern? How long was he in his role for?

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Minister of Finance

1862-78

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Who was Ivan Vyshnegradsky? How long was he in his role for?

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Finance Minister

1887-92

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Who was Sergei Witte? What was he credited for?

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Finance Minister from 1892-1903

Rapid expansion of the Russian economy

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Who was Nicholas II? What did he want to uphold?

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Tsar from 1894-1917

Autocracy

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Who was Vladimir Lenin? What city was named after him?

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Bolsheviks leader from 1903

Petrograd - Leningrad

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Who was Prince Lvov? Who did he lead after 1917?

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Wealthy landowner

Provisional Government

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Who was Gregory Rasputin? When was he assassinated?

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A mystic peasant with influence

1916

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Who was Alexandra (1916)?

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German wife of Nicholas II

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Who was Alexander Kerensky? What did he eventually lead in July 1917?

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Socialist Revolutionary

Provisional Government

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Who was General Lavr Kornilov? Who did he try to “coup” against?

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Army general

Provisional Government

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Who was Joseph Stalin? What did he exercise until his death?

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General Secretary of the Communist Party

Dictatorial control

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Who was Sergei Kirov? When was he executed?

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Party Secretary of Leningrad

1934

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Who was Lev Kamenev? When was he executed?

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Member of the Politburo

1936

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Who was Gregory Zinoviev? When was he executed?

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Close ally of Lenin and the October Revolution

1936

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Who was Georgy Malenkov?

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Prime Minister post-Stalin to 1955

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Who was Nikita Khrushchev?

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Communist Party First Secretary from 1953-64

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Who was Lavrenty Beria? When was he executed?

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Head of NKVD from 1938

1953

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Who was Vyacheslav Molotov?

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Part of collective Soviet leadership after Stalin’s death

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Who was Leonid Brezhnev?

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Close ally of Khrushchev who eventually brought him down

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Who was Father Gapon?

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Orthodox priest who negotiated workers’ unions

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Who was Peter Lavrov?

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Populist who led a group of students to the countryside to spread socialist ideas

A-Level History: Tsarist And Communist Russia - 1855-1964 (38 decks)

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