Russian Revolution Basics Flashcards

4401588312	Nicholas II	The Last Czar of Russia	0
4401600664	Rasputin	While the Czar was away supervising the war effort, the royal family came under the influence of this odd mystic.	1
4401610431	working class women	In March of 1917, ________ protested in the streets demanded "Peace and Bread."	2
4402494851	Vladimir Lenin	Bolshevik leader who led the revolution for communism in Russia.	3
4402503502	Bolsheviks	promised to end Russia's involvement in WWI and declared "peace, land, and bread" and "down with aristocracy."	4
4402593180	Duma (parliament)	Early in 1917, the ________ made up of moderate liberals forced the Czar to step down from power.	5
4402611969	Russia's involvement in WWI	After the Czar stepped down, the moderate liberal provisional government did not end	6
4402627433	soviets	These small local councils were formed in 1917 made of representatives of workers and soldiers. They were a growing challenge to the Czar.	7
4402649147	Communists	The Bolsheviks later rename themselves ___________ because of their Marxist desire for a stateless, classless, and propertyless society.	8
4402655634	Brest-Litovsk	Once in power the Bolsheviks immediately end Russia's WWI involvement with the _________ treaty	9
4402679879	White	Many people in Russia opposed the Bolsheviks. A Civil war breaks out between the communist Red Army and the ________ Army made up of everyone else.	10
4402696834	former Czar, his wife, and their 5 kids	During the Russian civil war members of the Red Army took the _______ to a basement for a photo and then shot them.	11
4402700086	Red Army	This side won the Russia civil war by 1920	12
4402709323	War Communism	Under the new Communist government's __________ policy, all banks , industries, and farm produce was taken over by the government.	13
4402714794	Checka	The new communist government used terror and a secret police known as the _________ to keep the population under control.	14
4402726396	foreign armies	The fact that _____________ sent armies onto Russian soil to stop the Communists causes many the patriotic Russians to support the Communist side of the Civil War	15