Russian Revolution Flashcards

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Professionals

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Democracy and representation

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Factory workers

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Right to strike and protection

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Bloody Sunday protestors

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People wanted freedom of press and lowered taxes, they weren’t questioning autocracy.

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October Manifesto

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Creates the national Duma

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Leader of Bolshevik Party

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Vladimir Lenin

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Pyrrhic victory

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Too high of a cost for the victory

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USSR

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Union of Soviet Socialist Republic

Satellite nations supplied Russia with manufactured goods, strengthened the military, and supplied coal and iron ore.

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What did the government own under the USSR?

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Banks, farms, transportation systems, and mines

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Russia’s education

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During the soviet era education was free, mandatory= focus was on military, science, and engineering. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, students have a variety of subjects to choose from, the govt. does not fund all schools the same so many teachers quit due to lack of funding and students wanted to work instead.

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Soviet impact on Russian artist

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Limited artistic, individual expression; all art had to glorify the achievements of the USSR=social realism

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Peasants

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More land and ease of redemption payments

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