Russia 1984-1945 Key words

Question 1

Tsar

Answer 1

King of Russia, leader of the government, last Tsar was Nicholas II

Question 2

Revolution

Answer 2

A period of change, where the people openly rebel against the government system

Question 3

Stolypin

Answer 3

Prime Minister of the Duma, was assasinated in 1911

Question 4

Secret Police

Answer 4

An organisation that spies on enemies of the state; Okhrana under Nicholas II, Cheka under Lenin, NKVD under Stalin.

Question 5

Trans-Siberian Railway

Answer 5

Created in 1891 by Sergei Witte

Question 6

Duma

Answer 6

Russian Parliament created following the 1905 revolution

Question 7

October Manifesto

Answer 7

Promises made by Nicholas II to end the 1905 revolution

Question 8

Proletariat

Answer 8

Russian working class

Question 9

Bolshevik

Answer 9

The main communist party in Russia led by Lenin

Question 10

Bourgeoisie

Answer 10

Middle class; often business owners

Question 11

Pravada

Answer 11

Bolshevik newspaper; translation is “truth”

Question 12

Sovnarkom

Answer 12

The newly created Bolshevik government, created in November 1917

Question 13

Soviet

Answer 13

An elected communist official; eventually the name for people within the USSR

Question 14

Kulaks

Answer 14

A type of Russian peasant that has been able to purchase land before communism

Question 15

Gulag

Answer 15

A prison camp, often in Siberia, for enemies of the state such as intellectuals, non-communists, kulaks, bourgeoisie