Russian Revolution Flashcards
Professionals
Democracy and representation
Factory workers
Right to strike and protection
Bloody Sunday protestors
People wanted freedom of press and lowered taxes, they weren’t questioning autocracy.
October Manifesto
Creates the national Duma
Leader of Bolshevik Party
Vladimir Lenin
Pyrrhic victory
Too high of a cost for the victory
USSR
Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
Satellite nations supplied Russia with manufactured goods, strengthened the military, and supplied coal and iron ore.
What did the government own under the USSR?
Banks, farms, transportation systems, and mines
Russia’s education
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.
Soviet impact on Russian artist
Limited artistic, individual expression; all art had to glorify the achievements of the USSR=social realism
Peasants
More land and ease of redemption payments