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Russian Revolution
Term | Definition | ||
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Lenin | Leader of the Bolsheviks. | Organized the overthrow of Czar Nicholas II | His promises of "Peace" and "Land" won him the support of those opposed to the Czar. |
Stalin | Became leader of the communists after Lenin's death. | Established a totalitarian government. | "purged" his enemies by conducting "show trials" and executing millions. |
"Class Struggle" | One could understand the cause of History's conflicts and wars by understanding this concept. | Concept: For Marx it meant the struggle was between factory owners and the factor workers. | Concept: Conflict in history was caused by the struggle between the "haves" and "have-nots" |
Karl Marx | He urged the workers of the world to "unite!" and seize control of their factories and governments. | His writings were a response to the problems faced by workers during the Industrial Revolution. | Wrote the Communist Manifesto in 1848. |
"proletariat" | Marx's "have-nots" Included factory workers and peasants. | ||
classless society | Marx wanted to create a world without with rich and poor. Eliminate extremes in wealth. In order to accomplish this, private profit had to be brought to an end. | ||
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk | Lenin negotiated Russia's surrender to Germany. Aided the German war effort and hurt the Allied war effort. | ||
"workers of the world, unite!" | Call for war upon the "haves" - or bourgeoisie. Marx urged workers to wage violent war with the purpose of seizing control of factories and government.. The revolution had to spread worldwide.. | ||
Czar Nicholas II | Last King of Russia. | Overthrown by the Bolsheviks. | Executed by the Communists. |