Section 1 Flashcards
Alexander III
- pogroms (anti Jew)
- made Russian the official language
- secret police force
Nicholas II
industrialization
Mensheviks
more moderate, wanted a broad base of popular support
Bolsheviks
Radical, small group of committed revolutionaries
Lenin
leader of the Bolsheviks, forced to leave by Nicholas II
The 3 events that showed the Czar’s weakness:
- Russo-Japanese War
- Bloody Sunday
- Czarina Alexandra left in charge
Bloody Sunday
petition for better wages and a representative, soldiers fired.
Duma
representatives
Wanted a constitutional monarchy, dissolved by Nicholas
March Revolution
Nicholas II was forced to step down
- provisional gov set up
- Germans sent Lenin back to Russia
Soviets
ran Russia
-Kicked out by Lenin
Bolshevik Revolution
Lenin-“Peace, Land, and Bread”
- Redistributed land
- Peace (he ended war)
Red Army
Bolsheviks (Russian Civil War)
White Army
All others
New economic policy
Lenin allowed small scale capitalism (good)
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
USSR
Result of Lenin dividing into states