Russian Revolution Flashcards
Tsar Nicholas II
Emperor of Russia at the time of WW1
Rasputin
A homeless gypsy who makes his way to the Russian government by helping Tsar Nicholas’s son
Why were there protests and strikes in Russia?
Shortage of food
Workers and Peasants had no land.
Russia’s involvement in the war
Tsar Nicholas directly controlled the military which led to more disaster
What was the result of the strikes and protests in Russia?
Tsar Nicholas abidates
Two governments form = Provisional Government and Petrograd Soviet.
Why did the people not like the Provisional Government?
They kept Russia in the war
Peasants were not getting land
Vladimir Lenin
Marxist
Leader of the Bolshevik Pary and later turned renamed Communist Paty of the Soviet Union
How did the Bolsheviks come to power?
They had the support of the people and Lenin stormed the provisional government and took it over.
Treaty of Brest Litovsk
Treaty that took Russia out of the War
Russia was peaceful with Germany
Romanovs
The family that ruled the Russian monarchy up to the Russian Revolution
Ended with Tsar Nicholas II
