Russian Communism Flashcards
What is communism
A society where everyone is equal and each person contributes and receives the same amount as everyone else
Who is the Tsar in 1917
Tsar Nicholas II was the autocratic ruler (one person who has all the power).
What is the Okhrana
The secret police
Who were Tsars elite troops
Cossacks
What is the duma
Russian parliament
What is bloody sunday
A date were many peaceful protestors were shot outside of the Tsars palace
What is the Bolsheviks
Communist party of russia
What are the five main causes of the Russian Reveloution (Long term)
Tsars attitude, Middle class, Duma, Bloody sunday, Industrial class
Why was the duma made?
To help the middle class have a right in the way the country is run, it didn’t work.
What was the capital of Russia called
Petrograd
Why did the 1917 Feburary russian revolution happen
Lack of bread and war was going terribly
What does abdicate mean?
To give up the throne
What was the Provisional government?
It was a temporary government like the duma that made russia stay in the war.
What was the petrograd soviet
A government that supports the workers peasants and soldiers
Who led the bolsheviks
Lenin
What were the three things lenin promised
Peace, Bread and Land
What were the key events in the 1917 October Russian reveloution
PG wasn’t liked so the bolsheviks overthrew them, all power to the soviets
What impact did the russian revolution and its aftermath have on russia
The first was to leave WW1, treaty of brest-litovok and the Russian civil war.
What impact did the russian revolution have on russia’s relationship with other countries
Relation ships fell apart and mistrust with the west.
What were the short term causes of the russian revolution
Angry at war, rasputin power over royal family, food shortage and growing political oppostion
