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Tsarist Russia Flashcards

General Info on Russia during rule of the Tsar

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Surname of the Tsars

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Romanov

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Official Religion of Tsarist Russia

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Russian Orthodox Church

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The name of the Political Party led by Lenin

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Bolshevik

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The term used for the type of rule used by the Tsar

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Autocracy

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The Holy Advisor the Tsar and Tsarina and claimed to have healed their son

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Rasputin

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The priest active in 1905

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Father Gapon

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The changes to the October Manifesto

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Fundamental Laws

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The process of to make something Russian

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Russification

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His brother was hung by Alexander II fuelling his motives

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Lenin

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The name of the reform that temporarily turned Russia into a constitutional monarchy

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October Manifesto

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A term in which the Tsar claimed his authority from God

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‘Divine Right’

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He wrote the Communist Manifesto in 1848 which inspired Lenin

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Carl Marx

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The new name for the Russian Parliament

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Doma

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What was the Tsarina’s name

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Alexandra

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What was the name of the Tsar who abdicated

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Nicholas II

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How many Dumas were there?

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Four

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What did the Russian Social & Democratic Labour Party split into.

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Bolshevik and Menshevik

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When was International Women’s Day?

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23.02.17

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What was the name of the two battles the Russians lost in WWI?

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Tannenberg and Masurian Lakes

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What was the name of the Chairman of the Duma that demanded the Tsar’s abdication?

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Rodzianko

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What did the Tsar Issue after the 1905 revolution?

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October Manifesto

22
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What was Lenin’s real name?

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Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov

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In what year did the Bolsheviks and Mensheviks split?

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1903

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What doe the words Bolshevik and Menshevik mean

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Bolshevik: Minority
Menshevik: Majority

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What does Soviet mean?

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Council

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The rival Government of the Provisional Government

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Petrograd Soviet

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First leader of the Provisional Government

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Prince Lyvov

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What naval base did the sailors join the revolution from?

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Kronstadt

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During the February Revolution- which country was Stalin in?

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Switzerland

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What was the name of the parliament that elections were to be held for during the time of the Provisional Government

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Constituent Assembly

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