Russian Revolution Flashcards
czarina
Nicholas wife, controlled government and followed rasputins sayings
Rasputin
healed Nichols and czarina son
kerensky
leader of Duma, didn’t take Russia out of ww1, led provisional government
Lenin
leader of Bolsheviks, created USSR,
Trotsky
promoted a worldwide communist revolution, leader of red army
Stalin
total command of communist party and transferred Soviet Union into a totalitarian state
czar
Russian King
Bolsheviks
supported a small number of commuted revolutionaries willing to sacrifice everything for radical change
Duma
Russia’s first parliament
provisional government
temporary government
Soviet
local councils consisting of workers, peasants, and soldiers
new economic policy
mixture of free enterprise and state control
communism
describe classless society that would exist after workers had seized power
totalitarianism
government that takes total control over every aspect if private and public life
Kulak
class of wealthy peasants