Key Figures Flashcards

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Who was Alexander II? What was he known as?

A

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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3
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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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5
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Who was Leon Trotsky? What did he mastermind?

A

An orator

Takeover of Petrograd in 1917

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6
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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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13
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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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14
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Who was Alexandra (1916)?

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German wife of Nicholas II

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15
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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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16
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Who was General Lavr Kornilov? Who did he try to “coup” against?

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Army general

Provisional Government

17
Q

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

A

General Secretary of the Communist Party

Dictatorial control

18
Q

Who was Sergei Kirov? When was he executed?

A

Party Secretary of Leningrad

1934

19
Q

Who was Lev Kamenev? When was he executed?

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Member of the Politburo

1936

20
Q

Who was Gregory Zinoviev? When was he executed?

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Close ally of Lenin and the October Revolution

1936

21
Q

Who was Georgy Malenkov?

A

Prime Minister post-Stalin to 1955

22
Q

Who was Nikita Khrushchev?

A

Communist Party First Secretary from 1953-64

23
Q

Who was Lavrenty Beria? When was he executed?

A

Head of NKVD from 1938

1953

24
Q

Who was Vyacheslav Molotov?

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Part of collective Soviet leadership after Stalin’s death

25
Who was Leonid Brezhnev?
Close ally of Khrushchev who eventually brought him down
26
Who was Father Gapon?
Orthodox priest who negotiated workers' unions
27
Who was Peter Lavrov?
Populist who led a group of students to the countryside to spread socialist ideas