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Two Revolutions in Russia Flashcards

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288522273Dumafirst elected government1
288522274moderateswanted constitution and a social change2
288522275Nicholas IIczar during the March Revolution3
288522276Beauraucracycorrupt; nobles, army officers4
288522277Court Systemoverburdened during the March Revolutions5
288522278Revolutionariesdevised radical plots to overthrow the czar6
288522279Proletariatgrowing class of workers7
288522280Impact of World War Igave united Russians a sense of nationalist pride; strained Russian resources8
28852228119152 million Russians are dead9
288522282Rasputin"Mad Monk"; a holy man who could heal people and could communicate with Mary and Jesus; stays behind with czarina to rule Russia during WWI; hated by many people; many tried to kill him10
288522283Alexison of Alexandra; has hemophilia; czarovich11
288522284collapse of monarchywomen try to protest, demanding food; czar's guards first want to kill them but then decide to join them12
288522285March 1917czar is overthrown and a provisional government is put in place13
288522286provisional governmentnew type of government, led by Alexander Kerensky; as a result, the czar abdicates and is placed under house arrest14
288522287sovietslocal council of soldiers and workers who asked for rights and money15
288522288Bolsheviksradical socialist group that wanted a Communist government16
288522289Lenin's backgroundborn into a middle class family; older brother is executed for speaking out against the czar; sent to Siberia because he spoke out against the czar; he is later exiled to Switzerland17
288522290Lenin's Early Careerhe read the works of Karl Marx18
2885222911895Lenin is arrested and sent to Siberia19
288522292what Lenin called fordictatorship of the proletariat20
288522293March 1917Lenin is in exile21
288522294April 16, 1917Lenin returns to Russia22
288522295Provisional governmentattacked by the Red Guards23
288522296Red Guardsattack provisional government and take over, turning Russia into a Communist state24
288522297Treaty of Brest Litovskwhat takes Russia out of WWI25
288522298Bolshevikstake over and try to suppress the conservatives26
288522299redscommunists27
288522300whitescounter-revolutionaries; allies supported them28
288522301nationaliststook arms against the Red Army29
288522302Counterrevolutionariesslaughtered and captured communists; tried to kill Lenin30
288522303Communistslaunched their own reign of terror31
288522304war communismpolicy adopted by communists to take over banks, mines, and factories32
288522305Leon Trotskyturned the Red Army into an effective fighting force; worked with Lenin33
288522306commisorscommunist party officials34
2885223071921the Red Army wins35

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