Russian Revolution Flashcards
Revolution
An overthrow and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed
Marxist
Believed that the working class and not the peasants would overthrow the ruling classes and equally share countries wealth
Mensheviks
We’re minority in social democrats (moderate group) wanted working class to take over but slowly
Revolution of 1905
Was a wave of mass political and social unrest that spread throughout Roman Empire
Duma
Parliament, elected, representative national assembly
Group that wanted constitutional monarchy like Britain
Constitution
A set of fundamental principles or established precedents
Bourgeoisie
Social class that owns the means of production and does not work
New Economic Policy
NEP
Economic policy of Soviet Russia proposed by Lenin, who called it “state capitalism”
Leon Trotsky
Was a Marxist revolutionary and theorist
Organizer of 1917 takeover and founder of the red army
Five year plan
Stalin’s two revolutions in agriculture and industry
Collective farms
Large units worked by hundreds of families
Social Revolutionaries
Was a political party who wanted to replace the czar with a democratically elected government
Believed peasants would do it
Lenin
Led the social democrats and the red army
Nicholas II
The czar who’s mistakes caused the revolution
Bloody Sunday
Event where soldiers fired on peaceful protest which prompted the czar to grant the demands of the people, promising more freedom and creation of parliament
Constitutional Monarchy
A monarchy governed according to a constitution that limits and defines the powers of the king/queen
Soviets
A political organization of elected workers
Radical opposition to the Duma
Provisional government
Led by Alexander Kerensky and decided to continue war with Germany because of their treaty with the allies
USSR
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Lenin’s New political party
Joseph Stalin
Was a secretary for the Bolsheviks who then gained power then became dictator and created five year plan
Nickname man of steel
Agricultural Revolution
Was as complete and far more brutal than the industrial revolution
Privately owned farms were abolished and replaced with collective farms
Totalitarian State
A country in which a dictator or a small group controls every part of the lives of its citizens
Social Democrats
We’re Marxists who believed that the working class and not the peasants would overthrow the ruling classes
Bolsheviks
We're lenins followers who wanted a small working class to move forward with a revolution led by Marxist Tightly organized army of a political party
