russian rev Flashcards
(32 cards)
Proletariot
growing class of factory and railroad workers
duma
elected national legeslature in russia
soviet
a council of workers and soldiers
bolshevik
Lenin’s group that led the revolution
what did bolshevik mean
majority
communism
a form of govt made by karl marx that said class struggle was inevitable and would lead to a classless society in which all of the community would own property
“reds”
communists
“whites”
counter revolutionaries
commissars
communist party officials assigned to the army to teach party principals and ensure party loyalty
cheka
secret police force
command economy
developed by the soviet union, govt officials made all the basic economic decisions
collectives
large farms owned and opertated by peasants as a group
kulaks
wealthy farmers
gulag
a system of brutal labor camps where many died
Tolitarian state
govt with a one party dictatorship that regulares every aspect of citizins lives
socialist realism
an art showing soviet life positively
Czar nicholas
a weak ruler who abdicatd, and was executed while in house arrest
Czarina alexandra
left the country with duma, was close with Rasputin, was executed with her family
Lenin
exiled to Siberia, befriends Trotsky, came to russia with the germans help and said he would bring “peace, land and bread” when he died his body was put on display
rasputin
believed to be magical after he healed czarinas kid and developed a close relationship with the czarina. He was brought to dinner by the nobles where they killed him 3 times
Kerensky
kept russia in the war for too long
Trotsky
in charge of revolutionary army
Stalin
exiled to sieberia, had a lot of power and went crazy
treaty of brest lotvisk
russia gave up a large portion of land to germany