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