APWH- Russia Post-WW1 Flashcards

1
Q

name some problems with life under the czar

A

incompetence
czarina’s sick child- only son has hemophilia
rasputin- controversial siberian monk with mystic powers who advises the czarina while czar is gone

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2
Q

name some problems from ww1 in russia

A

poorly equipped soldiers
transportation systems are broken down
overtaxed and starving peasants

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3
Q

what causes the end to tsarism and when

A

Nicholas ll abdicated after he ordered soldiers to fire upon protesters but instead the soldiers join them

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4
Q

who is the leader of the provisional government

A

alexander kerensky

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5
Q

who helped lenin back from exile

A

germany

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6
Q

who was leon trotsky

A

lenin’s “second hand man” who was assassinated by stalin’s purge

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7
Q

who led the bolsheviks and what did they want

A

lenin; quick industrial revolution

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8
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who led the mensheviks and what did they want

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julius martov; slow agricultural revolution

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