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The Russian Revolution
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History
10th Grade
03/22/2007

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Tsar Nicholas II
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Russia's ruler from 1894 until 1917
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strikes
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Work stoppages that forced the tsar to make some changes
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the army
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Important strategic body that remained loyal to the tsar in 1905
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industrial development
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Russia had very little of this kind of development.
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"students, workers, and peasants"
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The three groups who protested their discontent
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peasants (former serfs)
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Russian people who lived in poverty after being freed
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absolute monarchy
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Russia's form of government before the revolution
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Bloody Sunday
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Violent event of 1905 when soldiers shot peaceful marchers
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"good equipment, supplies, and/or leadership"
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World War I Russian soldiers lacked these necessities.
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Petrograd (St. Petersburg)
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Capital of tsarist Russia
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civil liberties
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The Russian people were promised these in 1905 but never got them.
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railroads and good roads
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Russia had few of these two essentials of transportation.
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strikes and street demonstrations
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Two kinds of events that broke out in 1917
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soldiers
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Members of this key group deserted the government and joined the rioters.
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Japan
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Defeat in a war against this small country in 1904-05 exposed the Russian gov't's weakness.
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the Revolution of 1905
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Uprising that forced some temporary reforms
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the Duma
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Parliament created after the 1905 uprising
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casualties
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These were enormous for Russia in World War I.
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the October Manifesto
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Decree of 1905 that promised individual liberties and limited elections
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to dissolve the legislature
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The tsar's reaction to the legislature's demands for reform
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abdicated
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The Romanov monarchy ended in March 1917 when the tsar did this.
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soviets
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Local revolutionary councils of workers and soldiers
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the Bolsheviks
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The radical Marxists
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Lenin
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Leader of the Bolsheviks
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the proletariat
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"Class, very small in Russia, that Marx expected would revolt"
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red
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Symbolic revolutionary color adopted by the communists
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the provisional government
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Temporary government set up in March 1917
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the Mensheviks
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The moderate Marxists
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the soviets
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Groups that rivaled the temporary government for power
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Lenin
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Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov
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Marxism
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Lenin modified this socialistic-communistic philosophy.
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in exile (in Switzerland)
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Where Lenin had lived before his return to Russia
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the Bolshevik Revolution (or the 2nd Russian Revolution)
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The seizure of power in November 1917
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the Communist Party
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New name for the Bolsheviks as of 1918
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civil war
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"After the second revolution, Russia suffered through three years of this."
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the Red Army
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The military forces of the new government
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the Romanovs
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Russian family whose rule ended in 1917
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Germany
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Country that arranged for Lenin's return to Russia from exile
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"""Peace, Land, and Bread"""
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Lenin's slogan
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the Central Powers
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World War II participants with whom Russia signed peace treaties
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the Whites
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Russians who fought the Communists from 1917 to 1920
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"the Allies (France, Britain, Japan, and the U.S.)"
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"Western nations that helped the Whites with money, arms, and troops"
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the March Revolution
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The uprising that ousted the tsar
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Moscow
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New communist capital of the U.S.S.R.
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Petrograd (St. Petersburg)
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"Old, precommunist capital of Russia"
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socialism
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Guiding economic system of the U.S.S.R.
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execution
Definition
Fate of the tsar and his family
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starvation
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"Agriculture declined so badly, city people faced this."
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the government
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Owner of the major industries
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the Soviet Union
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Alternative name for the U.S.S.R.
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the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.)
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Russia's official new name
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Nicholas and Alexandra
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Tsar and tsarina who were the last ruling monarchs of Russia
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republics
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Separate government entities joined together in the federal union
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Marxism-Leninism
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Lenin's modified version of Marxist theory
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"""one step backward"""
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"Lenin decided the U.S.S.R. had to take this before it could take ""two steps forward"""
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foreign capital
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Outside source of funds welcomed for development
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the Red Army
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Groups whose needs were first met during the war
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industry and industrial workers
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Lack of this made it difficult to build a Marxist society.
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a small (minority) group of Bolsheviks
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People who carried out the revolution instead of the workers
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the Communist Party
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Organization that ruled the Soviet Union under Lenin
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Western capitalism
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"Marx based his ""scientific socialism"" on this form of economic development"
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the New Economic Policy
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"Lenin's economic policy, which was not pure Marxism"
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free enterprise
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Lenin's economic policy allowed some of this.
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the Red Terror
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Wave of executions similar to the French Reign of Terror
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the National Congress
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Huge representative body that had little real power
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Joseph Stalin
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Secretary general of the Communist Party and Lenin's successor
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a totalitarian (or police) state
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Type of state established by Stalin
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a command (completely state-controlled) economy
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Type of economy Stalin established
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consumer goods
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These were sharply reduced while heavy industry was vastly expanded.
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the peasants
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People who fiercely resisted Stalin's agricultural policy
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"""man of steel"""
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English translation of the Russian word stalin
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Trotsky and Stalin
Definition
Main rivals for post-Lenin leadership
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all over the world
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"Where the revolution had to take place, according to Marx, in order to be successful"
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in the U.S.S.R. only
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"Where the revolution should stay for the time being, according to Stalin"
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Five-Year Plans
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Master plans of Soviet growth
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collectives (state-owned farms)
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"All farms, under Stalin"
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the Russian Orthodox Church
Definition
Organization that lost its property
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atheism
Definition
Belief taught to children in place of religion
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socialist realism
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Artistic style required under Stalin
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the Politburo
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Arm of the Communist party that held most power
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purges
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"Stalin's ""purification,"" or removal of everyone not loyal to him"
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Georgia
Definition
Stalin's native republic
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Leon Trotsky
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"Lev Bronstein, brilliant party organizer"
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exile
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Outcome of the power struggle for Trotsky
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murder (in Mexico)
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Trotsky's final fate
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the Supreme Soviet
Definition
The parliament under Stalin
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the Comintern
Definition
Organization that agitated for the overthrow of capitalist governments
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the Presidium
Definition
Small ruling committee of the parliament
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