Russian Revolution Quiz* Flashcards
Freed russian serfs who bought land and became relatively successful farmers and prosperous land owners
Kulaks
Czar of russia who freed the serfs in 1861. He was assented by a revolutionary
Alexander II
Communal farms upon which newly freed serfs worked, lived, and shared the profits. Most russian peasants lived on this farm
Mirs
Minister for nicholas II who tried to expand the number of russians who owned property in order to enlist their support of the government. He was assassinated
Stolypin
This slaughter at he winter palace in 1905 led to a revolution that weakened the bond of trust between the people of russia and the Czar
Bloody Sunday
Workers councils composed of proletariat of russia that organized in russian cities
Soviets
This man, a loving father and a devoted husband but less than a competent ruler, would have the dubious distinction of being the last russian czar
Nicolas II
The group within russia that came to believe hat the only way for mother russia to modernize and become a power was to eliminate the government
Intelligentsia
Legislative body created by the october manifesto
Duma
Monk who seemed to save the life of the czar’s son and who exercised a great deal of power and influence in the russian court
Rasputin