Russia Flashcards
(32 cards)
What was life like for Russians under czarist rule?
- All published material censored
- Sent to Siberia/speaking against government
- Peasants had few rights (treated a little better than slaves)
- Only speak Russian
- Mistreated Jews
Industrialization in Russia, the good.
The good-Modernized country
Industrialization in Russia, the bad.
Terrible working conditions, child labor, low wages, trade
Trans-Siberian Railway
Longest railway, during In. in Russia
Why Bolshevik rally cry of ___, ___, and ___, was so popular
Bread, land, and peace
Bread- people starving, people liked being promised food
Peace- tired of WWI, like the promise of exiting war
Land- Liked the idea of redistributing land throughout Russia
Things that promoted Russians to follow the ideas of Karl Marx.
Harsh Czars, bad living and working conditions (no bread, bloody Sunday)
The goal of Russians to follow the ideas of Karl Marx.
Proletariat overthrown czar
Russo-Japanese War.
Russia defeated, Russians were embarrassed and humiliated
Bloody Sunday
Workers went to the palace to request better working conditions, more personal freedom, elected National Legislature. Czar Nicholas had soldiers fired into the crowd.
Duma
In response to bloody Sunday, Czar creates Duma- First parliament
Russia in WWI
Not prepared (economically and militarily), Price inflation and food shortages, Huge casualty numbers
Nicholas II at the front lines in WWI
Russia struggling, to boost morale, Czar moved to front lines to command troops himself - it didn’t change anything
Rasputin in Govt.
Czarina allowed Raputin to control govt. He took advantage of power and money to benefit himself and buddies.
Outcomes for Rasutin
Nobles killed him
Mensheviks
Pro-Monarchy (czar) but still wanted Revolution. Moderate. A broad base of popular support of Revolution
March Revolution
People protesting/revolting - czar was overthrown
Outcomes for the last czar and his family
Murdered in a basement
Bolshevik Revolution
Unhappy with the provisional government. Bolsheviks overthrow Provisional Government
Bolsheviks response to Nationalism
split up Russia into republics (soviets), renamed to Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Lenin’s New Economic Policy
Help rebuild the Russian economy wrecked by war. Govt. controlled banks industries, communications. Small farmers sell crops
Forced Famine
Ukranian farmers protested giving govt. crops, Stalin punished them by starving
Examples of Stalin’s Totalitarianism
Censorship, forced famine, great purge, secret police (NKVD), killed suspected traitors
Positive outcomes of Stalin’s dictatorship
Education became more available, women given equal rights.
Lenin
leader of Bolsheviks
