Russia Quiz Flashcards
What is a czar
A Russian emperor
Who was the first to call himself a czar
Ivan III
Who were the boyars
Russia’s landowning nobility
Who was Ivan the Terrible
Ivan IV
Who were The Romanovs
A family that came to power after Fyodor’s death in 1613
What were the oprichina
A territory under Ivan the terrible’s control
Who was Karl Marx
A radical 19th century philosopher came up with Marxism
What is socialism
An economic system in which a nation’s land, mayoral resources, industries, or other means of production are owned collectivity or controlled by the state
Who was Nicholas II
A czar of russia who was overthrown in 1917, last emperor of Russia
Vladimir llinch Lenin
A Russian serf who was exiled to Switzerland he was mad about Russia’s biased legal system
Communism
an economic or political suite in which the state or community owns all property and means of productions and all citizens share the wealth
Bloody Sunday
The massacre in St. Petersburg russia of peaceful protesters who marched to present a list of demands to the czar
Civil liberties
Personal freedoms that are protected by law from the actions of the government
The Duma
Elected national legislature agreed to by Nicholas the second in October 1905
Serfs
A peasant farmer bound to the land w no political representation or social rights