Russian Revolution Flashcards
Communism
System in which people need are net by the government
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Treaty which ended between Russia and Germany
White Army
army of rich capitalists who wanted to bring the Czar back
Red Army
The Bolsheviks army
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Russia’s new name Lenin —> Bilsheviks
Communist Party
New name given to the Bolshevisks
Leon Trotsky
Founded the Red army,
Joseph Stalin
Communist Party’s secretary who was also a candidate for lenin’s successor
Dictatorship of the Proletariat
Government under which a small group will rule in the name of the people
Soviet
Elected worker council
Menshiviks
Lemons opponent who wanted to move slowly
Bolshevisks
Lenins group
Bloody Sunday
A wave of strikes that spread across the country
New economic policy
A temporary compromise with capitalism
USSR
Union of Soviet socialist republic
Czars son
Alexi
Hemophilia
The czars son’s disease
October manifesto
Document promising political reforms
Capital cities
Leningrand to Moscow
Nicholas II
last czar
Romanov
Lineage of Russian Czars
Serfdom
Local communities
Jap-Russian war
War between Russia and Japan for Korea
Why were the peasants at the front of st Petersburg
They were pleading for a reform to the czar cause they needed bread and the czar hid
Autocracy
Government in which the leader has all the power
Decembrists
Army officers who revolted and wanted a constitutional monarchy
Abdicate
To step down
NarodNikki
Young students who taught the peasants how to read and write so they can go against the czar
Zemetros
Elected council that deal with local manner
Provisional governments biggest mistake?
To stay in the war
