russian revolution Flashcards
how large was russia
23 million square km
how many different nationalities did russia have and how many people
125 million people and 200 different nationalities
what was russias major train line called
trans siberian express
compared to the rest of europe russia was
very backward
what was the monach of Russia called
tsar
from when did nicholas the 2 reign?
1894 to 1917
what was his wife called
alexandra
what is an autocrat
a ruler with total power even over the government
what was the parliament called
duma
who was the richest noble called
felix yusopov
how many young men were taken into the russian armies
15.5 million
who killed rasputin
nobles led by prince yosipov
what happened march 2nd 1917
nicholas the 2 abducted his throne
what did the 12 men who took power call themselves
the provisional government
what did the provisional government want
a fairer society and a freer government they aslo wanted to continue fighting the war which was a bad mistake
who was the provisional government led by
alexander kerenski
when did thge provisional government attack germany
summer of 1917-it was called the brusilov offensive
what did russian workers and soldiers set up
councils called soviets
who were the soviets led by
communits also known as the bolkiveks
who was the communists leader
vladimer Lenin
what was lenins slogan
peace bread and land
what year did the bolshivics control the soviets in petigrad
october 1917
what was the bolkiveks armed force called
the red guards
