Russian Revolution

Question 1

Tsar/Czar

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title of a Russian Emperor before 1917

Question 2

Nicholas II

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the last crowned Emperor of Russia; ruled from 1894 until his forced “resignation” in 1917, His rule ended with the Russian Revolution of 1917

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Vladimir Lenin

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A Russian Revolutionary & the leader of the Bolshevik party; the first Premier of the Soviet Union. He was the Russian leader from 1917 to 1924

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Leon Trotsky

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an influential bolshevik revolutionary who served as founder and commander of the Soviet Red Army

Question 5

Alexander Kerensky

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Served as the second Prime Minister of the Russian Provisional Government immediately before Lenin took power; he promoted democracy

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Rasputin

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A russian mystic also known as the Mad Monk, who was believed to have played an important role in the downfall of the Romanov dynasty

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Leninism

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the political, social, economic theories developed from Marxist theory

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Bolsheviks

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means majority - a member of the radical group within the Russian Socialist party that became the Communist party in 1918. They were the majority and the followers of Lenin

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mensheviks

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means minority - the Marxists or socialists - opposition to the communists; they were more moderate revolutionaries

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autocracy

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absolute power given to the Tsar; no political parties, no elections, no parliaments

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dictatorships

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a form of government in which a ruler holds power by force

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St. Petersburg

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imperial capital city of Russia from 1712 to 1917; it was renamed petrograd during WWI (1914 - 1918) and then named Leningrad in 1924.

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Red Terror

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occured in Sep. 1918 by the Cheka and led to censorship in Russia; it was a period when the Reds/Bolsheviks had the authority to shoot any person involved with white organizations, conspiracies and revolts

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Cheka

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the soviet secret police organized in 1917; used torture and sent people in exile in Siberia

Question 15

censorship

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the control of the information and ideas circulated within a society – has been a hallmark of dictatorships throughout history

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Duma

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Russian parliament set up in 1905, mostly liberals, who objected to the tsar’s rules

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provisonal government

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led by kerensky; it was formed in Petrograd after the deterioration of the Russian Empire and the tsar’s abdication

Question 18

October manifesto

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issued on October 17, 1905 by Nicholas II as a response to the Russian Revolution of 1905. it addressed the unrest in Russia and pledged to grant civil liberties to the Russian people

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March Revolution

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revolt from March 8 - 12, 1917 (February in the Russian Calendar); started by women who were concerned about the high prices of bread and who were against the WWI; the start of the Russian Revolution

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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

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peace treaty signed March 3, 1918 officially marking Russia’s exit from WWI; Russia gave up Finland, the Baltic states, Poland, and parts of Belorussia and Ukraine.

Question 21

Reds

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the communists/Bolsheviks; the revolutionaries

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Whites

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counterrevolutionaries

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NEP - New Economic Policy

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Revival of private enterprise under Lenin; the effort to revive the Russian economy (allowed for small businesses)

Question 24

War Communism

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the economic and political system, applied by the Bolsheviks, that existed in Soviet Russia during the Russian Civil War, from 1918 to 1921 to rid the nation of private ownership: state control of the economy