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Russia Revolution
Questions/Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Lenin | Leader of Bolsheviks; protests the provisional government (Duma); Slogan- "Land, Bread, Peace"; First ruler of the USSR; dies in 1924 |
| Marx | Founder of socialism and communism; wrote Communist Manifesto |
| NEP | New Economic Policy; it jumps starts economy with some capitalism; helps bring "classless society"; mix of communism and capitalism |
| USSR | Union of the Soviet Socialist Republic; Lenin is the first leader |
| Joseph Stalin (Man of Steel) | (1879-1953); Succeeds against Trotsky when Lenin dies; creates the 5 year-plan; wanted an industrial giant; purges and trials |
| Bolsheviks | Majority; Radical communist group; called the reds |
| Totalitarian | Government where political authority exercise total control and opposition is outlawed |
| Russo Japanese War | |
| Soviets | Small groups of workers or soldiers; council/unions |
| Proletariat | The working class |
| Rasputin | Mad monk; comes in power through the czarina |
| Provisional | Temporary; something lasting only a limited period of time |
| Trotsky | Seizes Petrograd (St. Petersburg) |
| Czar (Tsar) | Emperor/King of Russia before 1917 |
| Duma | Provisional Government; the Russian legislative assembly |
| Pogrom | Organized persecution or massacre of a minority group, especially Jews |
| Russification | |
| Abdicate | To give up your position as leader |