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| 294722486 | Alexander Kerensky | 1881-1970 liberal revolutionary leader during the early stages of the Russian revolution of 1917 sought development of parliamentary rule, religious freedom | 0 | |
| 294722488 | Red Army | military organization led by Leon Trotsky, Bolshevik follow of Lenin made use of people of humble background | 1 | |
| 294722490 | New Economic Policy | NEP initiated by Lenin in 1921 allowed for some private ownership food production recovered | 2 | |
| 294722492 | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | federal system of socialist republics established in 1923 in various ethnic regions of Russia; firmly controlled by Communist party; diminished nationalities protest under Bolsheviks; dissolved in 1991 | 3 | |
| 294722494 | Supreme Soviet | parliament elected by universal suffrage-but there was no competition between parties controlled by Communist party served to ratify party decisions | 4 | |
| 294722497 | Josef Stalin | successor to Lenin as head of USSR (1924) strongly nationalist view of communism represented anti-Western strain of Russian tradition crushed opposition to his rule established series of 5-year plans to replace NEP led USSR through WWII | 5 | |
| 294722499 | 5 year plans | agricultural and industrial goals to modernize the Soviet Union led by Stalin included collectivization | 6 | |
| 294722501 | collectivization | creation of large, state-run farms rather than individual holdings allowed more efficient control over peasants, though often lowered food production fostered by Stalin forced agricultural holdings | 7 | |
| 294722503 | comintern | international office of communism under USSR dominance established to encourage the formation of communist parties in Europe and elsewhere communist international | 8 | |
| 294722505 | the March (February) Revolution | 1917; abdication of tsar wartime misery led to food shortages, conditionso f early industrialization; incomplete rural reform; unresponsive political system; Rasputin--adviser of Tsarina Alexandra | 9 | |
| 294722507 | March 15, 1917 | the Soviet, a council of workers, took over the government and arrested the tsars ministers. forced the Tsar to abdicate, ending 300 years of Romanov rule | 10 | |
| 294722509 | Alexander Kerensky | set up a provisional government after abdication of tsar led the 'mensheviks' reactionary leader who wanted to see genuine parliamentary rule, religious freedom and political and legal changes | 11 | |
| 294722511 | April Theses | Vadimir Lenin's plan for Russia, the Germans escorted Lenin back to Russia to partake in the Revolution Lenin exiled by Kerensky in the summer of 1917 | 12 | |
| 294722513 | the November (October) Revolution | AKA Bolshevik (Communist) Revolution Lenin promised: peace - withdrawal from WWI land - redistribution of all land, no more redemption payments bread - enough food for all Lenin = father of revolution expelled liberal leadership and brought more radical power under the Bolsheviks | 13 | |
| 294722514 | Treaty of Brest-Litovsk | a peace treaty signed by the Bolsheviks that gave up huge sections of western Russia to Germany. nullified by Germany's defeat in WWI | 14 | |
| 294722515 | Council of People's Commissars | headed by Lenin and drawn from Soviets across the nation Lenin shut down Parliament and replaced it with a Bolshevik-dominated Congress of Soviets | 15 | |
| 294722516 | when was the civil war | 1918-1921 (right after WWI) | 16 | |
| 294722517 | whites | tsarist generals, religious peasants, and minority nationalities made a common cause against the communist regime Lenin responded by redistributing land and nationalization of industry | 17 | |
| 294722518 | Red Terror | elimination of all opposition including the execution of the Royal family in July 1918 | 18 | |
| 294722519 | 1923 | new constitution written that set up the USSR, established the Communist party | 19 | |
| 294722520 | trotsky exiled in ____ assassinated in ____ | 1927, 1940 | 20 |
