The Communist Revelution Flashcards
(39 cards)
By 1894 the ___ were still in power and led by ___
1.Romanovs
2.Nicholas II
___ has been abolished in 1831
1.Serfdom
___, father of ___, had been ___ in 1894
1.Alexander III
2.Nicholas II
3.Assassinated
Nicholas was percieved as ___ and ___
1.Weak
2.Easily led by others
People were also hostile towards their czarina, ____
Alix of Hesse
Who was the adviser to Alix
Rasputin
In 1905, Nicholas II took Russia to war against the Japanese
-Russia Humiliated and defeated
-Forced to give up colonies in China
-Famine strikes Russia
-1905- Black Sunday- between 100 and 1000 protesters killed
Nicholas agreed to a democratic reform
The Duma- Russia Parliament
1914- Nicholas would take Russia to war again
-WW1
-December 30, 1916-Rasputin is assassinated
-By 1917-Russia had suffered 5 million casualties
-Russian became increasingly hostile towards the___
monarchy, and the war.
-In February,1917, a ___
workers riot breaks out in Petrograd (St. Petersburg).
Confronted by a losing war and hostile Duma,
Nicholas II is forced to abdicate
After creating a democracy, the Russian Duma is going to make an error.
They decide to continue the war against Germany.
The Russian People become ___ by their new government
Disenchanted
Amidst the discontent, Germanies secret weapon arrives: ___
Vladimir Lennin
Local workers council, ___, vote to support the ___ against the ___
1.Soviets
2.communists
3.duma
October 23, 1917, Russian communists called the ___, revolts against the government, and Russia plunges into a ___
1.Bolshiviks
2.Civil War
The Civil war will pit the ___ against the ___
1.Red (Communist) Russians against the White (Anti-Communist) Russians.
In march of 1918, Bolsheviks will enter the ___
room where Nicholas II and his family were kept and execute them all.
Although the communist will ___, the civil war will ___
1.will gain control of government in 1918
2. will continue until 1922.
-Lenin will lead the new___
communist government, and change the name from Russia, to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) or Soviet Union).
The Soviet Union will face many___
economic difficulties early in its existence
-This will force Lenin to adopt___
The New Economic Policy, a miniature form of capitalism in order for the Soviet Union to Bypass its severe economic crisis.
In 1924, Vladimir Lenin dies leaving
leadership of the Soviet Union in question.
