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Russian Revolution Flashcards

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Communism

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System in which people need are net by the government

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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

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Treaty which ended between Russia and Germany

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White Army

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army of rich capitalists who wanted to bring the Czar back

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Red Army

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The Bolsheviks army

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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

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Russia’s new name Lenin —> Bilsheviks

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Communist Party

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New name given to the Bolshevisks

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Leon Trotsky

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Founded the Red army,

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Joseph Stalin

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Communist Party’s secretary who was also a candidate for lenin’s successor

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Dictatorship of the Proletariat

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Government under which a small group will rule in the name of the people

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Soviet

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Elected worker council

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Menshiviks

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Lemons opponent who wanted to move slowly

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Bolshevisks

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Lenins group

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Bloody Sunday

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A wave of strikes that spread across the country

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New economic policy

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A temporary compromise with capitalism

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USSR

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Union of Soviet socialist republic

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Czars son

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Alexi

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Hemophilia

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The czars son’s disease

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October manifesto

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Document promising political reforms

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Capital cities

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Leningrand to Moscow

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Nicholas II

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last czar

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Romanov

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Lineage of Russian Czars

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Serfdom

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Local communities

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Jap-Russian war

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War between Russia and Japan for Korea

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Why were the peasants at the front of st Petersburg

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They were pleading for a reform to the czar cause they needed bread and the czar hid

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Autocracy

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Government in which the leader has all the power

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Decembrists

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Army officers who revolted and wanted a constitutional monarchy

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Abdicate

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To step down

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NarodNikki

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Young students who taught the peasants how to read and write so they can go against the czar

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Zemetros

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Elected council that deal with local manner

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Provisional governments biggest mistake?

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To stay in the war

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