Russia to USSR Test Flashcards
which world event helped trigger the start of the Russian Revolution in 1917?
WWI- 1914
Like most political revolutions, which economic conditions contributed to the start of the Russian Revolution?
differences between poor peasants and czar rich
Which group led the Russian Revolution against the Czar in March of 1917?
Bolsheviks
Which political leader is considered the key leader od the Russian Revolution as well as the first communist dictator of Russia?
Lenin
Why did revolutionary leaders seek a peace treaty with Germany?
retain power and avoid occupation
What was the slogan of the Russian Revolution?
Peace, Land, bread
Which economic policy of small private ownership of businesses and farms is associated with Vladimir Lenin?
New Economic Policy
Why was Marx’s theory of a worker revolution in an industrial nation different from the actual Communist revolution in Russia?
Russia was mostly agricultural peasants
Which group supported the Communist take-over of Russia?
Peasasnts
Which group holds the power and controls the means of production in a communist individual needs?
Government- Communist Party members
Under communism, people are required to put the ________ needs over individual needs
States
Which leader is most associated with Russification, the Great Purges, Five-Year Plans, and collectivization?
Stalin
Which area of production/industry did Joseph Stalin focus government resources?
Heavy industry
Describe the political system in Russia prior to the 20th centur revolution.
Absolute monarchy- czar
Describe collecivization
small private farms taken under government in large controlled farms.
Which leader is most associated with starting a policy of westernization in Russia?
Peter the Great
How did millions of Ukrainian die in the 1930s Soviet Union?
forced starvation/famine
Place the following events in the correct order: World War I, Abdication of Czar Nicholas, Russian Revolution, Russo-Japanese War
Russo- Japanese War, World War I, Russian Revolution, Abdication of Czar Nicholas
Why was the Russian Empire difficult to unite, creating a need for the policy of Russification?
many diffferent ethnic groups or non-Russians to unite
Which type of government is most associated with a signle-ruler, propaganda, cencorship, fear, and terror?
totalitarian
what phrase best describes how the communist determined their leadership following the death of Lenin in 1924 until 1927?
power struggle within the communist party
what were two major results of 200 years Mongol rule on Russia?
mongol isolated and paid tribute tax
How did both Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin deal with political opposition?
eliminate opposition
why did peasants support Lenin?
promised land
Which economic system did Karl Marx and Fredrich Engels oppose in the Communist Manifesto and predict the workers would overthrow?
capitalist owners
Which russian leader is most associated with being the last romanav czar, bloody sunday, the russian revolution, and the defeat in the Russo- Japanese War?
Czar Nicholas II
Why did the Bolsheviks promise peasants “Peace, Land, and Bread”?
when peasant majority support for revoution
which leader forced peasants to join collectives?
Stalin
What impact did collective farming have on the overall food supply in the Soviet Union?
decreased
Why were BOTH Germany and Russia upset with the terms in the Treaty of Versailles?
Lost land to create new nations for Poland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
