Russian Revolution Review Sheet – Flashcards

the revolution against the Czarist government which led to the abdication of Nicholas II and the creation of a provisional government in March 1917

the Czar was a dictator and people wanted to get rid of absolutism...and would send people to Siberia...the class distinction Nobles and the Russian Orthodox Church and then there is the poor...people didn't like Russification...the economy was horrible...because of the industrial revolution all the workers were poor but the business owners were rich...embarrassment of Russo Japanese war and bloody Sunday

a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917)

a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual

(1881) son of Alex II, increased use of secret police, censorship, exiles to Siberia, Russianunification to suppress non-Russians, pogroms

Russian Czar during WWI; unpopular with Russian people; overthrown in March 1917; executed by Bolsheviks after November Revolution (1917)

a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages

In Russia 1905 Russian soldiers inadvertently opened fire on demonstrators, turning them against the tsar. Possibly the start of the Revolution.

The elected parliament. Though through establishing this is seemed like the Czar was giving his people power, in reality he could easily get rid of this if they made any laws or such that he didn't like.

Headed the Provisional Government in 1917. Refused to redistribute confiscated landholdings to the peasants. Thought fighting the war was a national duty.

Self-proclaimed holy man who claimed to heal the sick and have prophecy. He had much influence over Tsarina Alexandra and she often went to him for advise on political issues. He was believed to be having a sexual affair with Tsarina Alexandra and was assassinated by three members of the higher aristocracy; Tsarina Alexandra was very distraught and depressed due to his death (coincidence? I think not). (905)

strikes led by working class women in capital city of Petrograd, overthrew Czar Nicholas, and set up the provisional government

give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations

Royal family that ruled Russia for over 300 years that was overthrown and killed by Lenin

Led by Vladimir Lenin it was the Russian communist party that took over the Russian goverment during WWI

The slogan used by Lenin to win the support of the people; Peace appealed to the soldiers; Land appealed to the peasants; and Bread appealed to the workers.

Founder of the Russian Communist Party, this man led the November Revolution in 1917 which established a revolutionary soviet government based on a union of workers, peasants, and soldiers.

Russian revolutionary and Communist theorist who helped Lenin and built up the army

German philosopher, economist, and revolutionary. With the help and support of Friedrich Engels he wrote The Communist Manifesto (1848) and Das Kapital (1867-1894). These works explain historical development in terms of the interaction of contradictory economic forces, form the basis of all communist theory, and have had a profound influence on the social sciences.

elimination of religtion, gender equality, common ownership of capital, absolute economic equality, classless society, end of wage labor, free access to all consumable goods

Military organization constructed under leadership of Leon Trotsky, Bolshevik follower of Lenin; made use of people of humble background

Russians who opposed Lenin and the Bolsheviks.

plan to industrialize USSR; some private ownership of business and land; govt. controlled banks, large industry, foreign trade

councils composed of representatives from the workers and soldiers

a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia

a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953)

hearing wonderful things from Soviet Russia

government owned farms, workers were paid by government and they shared profits from products

industrial growth (economically), modernize soviet economy and national defense

An economic system in which the government controls a country's economy.

When Stalin turned his secret police on the Communist party to eliminate internal opposition or threat to his rule.