Russian Communism Flashcards

1
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What is communism

A

A society where everyone is equal and each person contributes and receives the same amount as everyone else

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2
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Who is the Tsar in 1917

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Tsar Nicholas II was the autocratic ruler (one person who has all the power).

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3
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What is the Okhrana

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The secret police

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4
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Who were Tsars elite troops

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Cossacks

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5
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What is the duma

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Russian parliament

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6
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What is bloody sunday

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A date were many peaceful protestors were shot outside of the Tsars palace

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7
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What is the Bolsheviks

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Communist party of russia

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8
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What are the five main causes of the Russian Reveloution (Long term)

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Tsars attitude, Middle class, Duma, Bloody sunday, Industrial class

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9
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Why was the duma made?

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To help the middle class have a right in the way the country is run, it didn’t work.

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10
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What was the capital of Russia called

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Petrograd

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Why did the 1917 Feburary russian revolution happen

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Lack of bread and war was going terribly

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12
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What does abdicate mean?

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To give up the throne

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13
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What was the Provisional government?

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It was a temporary government like the duma that made russia stay in the war.

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14
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What was the petrograd soviet

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A government that supports the workers peasants and soldiers

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15
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Who led the bolsheviks

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Lenin

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16
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What were the three things lenin promised

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Peace, Bread and Land

17
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What were the key events in the 1917 October Russian reveloution

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PG wasn’t liked so the bolsheviks overthrew them, all power to the soviets

18
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What impact did the russian revolution and its aftermath have on russia

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The first was to leave WW1, treaty of brest-litovok and the Russian civil war.

19
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What impact did the russian revolution have on russia’s relationship with other countries

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Relation ships fell apart and mistrust with the west.

20
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What were the short term causes of the russian revolution

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Angry at war, rasputin power over royal family, food shortage and growing political oppostion