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Russian Revolution (Brooman vocabulary part I)

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What were the Cossacks?   Fierce mounted soldiers specialised in breaking mobs (armed with sabres).  
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What was the Okhrana?   The secret police of the Tsar.  
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What was the Tsar family surname?   The Romanovs.  
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What is a Tsar?   The person who ruled the Russian empire.  
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Define autocrat.   A monarch that does not share power.  
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What does tundra mean?   Where nothing grows except moss and small shrubs.  
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What does taiga mean?   Thick pine forests.  
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What railway line ran through most of Russia?   Trans-Siberian Railway.  
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What is the capital of Russia?   Moscow.  
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How many Russians lived in the empire?   55,650,000  
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Which corrupt group of people collected taxes and made sure the Tsar's decisions were carried out?   The civil servants.  
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What was the Russian Orthodox Church?   This was a Russian church that convinced people that to disobey the Tsar was to disobey God.  
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Who were the serfs?   Theses were slaves of landlords with no rights, no freedom and no land of their own.  
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