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Ch. 15 sec Two revolutions in Russia p 1 Flashcards

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288426137What was Russia like in 1914?huge but backward1
288426138What were the majority of people in Russia in 1914?peasants2
288426139peasantpoor person who works the land3
288426140Czarruler of Russia4
288426141Dumaelected national legislature of Russia5
288426142Nicholas IIa weak Russian ruler who used his secret police and others to impose his will6
288426143Marxistspeople who believe that those who control the economic system also control the political one; followers of Karl Marx's philosophy7
288426144What group tried to ignite revolution among the proletariat?the Marxists8
288426145proletariatgrowing class of factory and railroad workers, miners and urban wage earners9
288426146What did the outbreak of WWI in 1914 do for Russians?fired their pride and united them10
288426147AlexandriaWife of Czar Nicholas I, her title is Czarina11
288426148What did Czar Nichoals do when WWI started?went to the front where the fighting was and left Alexandria in charge of home(domestic) affiars in the country12
288426149Gregory Rasputinan illiterate (can't read) peasant and "holy man"13
288426150Who did Alexandria trust to help her run the country while Nicholas was gone to war?Gregory Rasputin14
288426151How did many Russians feela bout Rasputin helping the Czarina run the country?they didn't like it because they thought he was out for himself15
288426152What happened to Rasputin?Some of the nobles killed him on Dec. 29, 191616
288426153How was Russia doing in WWI?not well; there were many disasters on the battlefield17
288426154How was Russia doing at home during WWI?not well; there were food and fuel shortages18
288426155What happened in March 1917 in Russia?Czar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate19
288426156abdicategive up power and position as ruler20
288426157Who ruled after the czar abdicated?the DUMA temporary21
288426158Sovietscouncils of workers and soldiers22
288426159Bolsheviksa radical socialist group that took charge under the leadership of V. I. Lenin23
288426160Vladimir Illyich Ulyanov LeninKnown as just LENIN after he became a revolutionary24

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