Section 1 Flashcards

1
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Alexander III

A
  • pogroms (anti Jew)
  • made Russian the official language
  • secret police force
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2
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Nicholas II

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industrialization

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3
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Mensheviks

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more moderate, wanted a broad base of popular support

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4
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Bolsheviks

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Radical, small group of committed revolutionaries

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5
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Lenin

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leader of the Bolsheviks, forced to leave by Nicholas II

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6
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The 3 events that showed the Czar’s weakness:

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  1. Russo-Japanese War
  2. Bloody Sunday
  3. Czarina Alexandra left in charge
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7
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Bloody Sunday

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petition for better wages and a representative, soldiers fired.

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8
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Duma

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representatives

Wanted a constitutional monarchy, dissolved by Nicholas

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9
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March Revolution

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Nicholas II was forced to step down

  • provisional gov set up
  • Germans sent Lenin back to Russia
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10
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Soviets

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ran Russia

-Kicked out by Lenin

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11
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Bolshevik Revolution

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Lenin-“Peace, Land, and Bread”

  1. Redistributed land
  2. Peace (he ended war)
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12
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Red Army

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Bolsheviks (Russian Civil War)

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13
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White Army

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All others

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14
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New economic policy

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Lenin allowed small scale capitalism (good)

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15
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

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USSR

Result of Lenin dividing into states

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16
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Communist Party

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Lenin worried about after his death, warned against Stalin

-Stalin exiled his opponent Trotsky once in power