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Rasputin (1869)
Grigori Rasputin was a Russian Orthodox Christian who said that he influenced Tsar Nicholas II. He was considered a visionary and a healer by some and a “mad-monk” by others
Born: January 10, 1869
Died: December 29, 1916 -
Tsarina Alexandria (Alix of Hesee)
She ruled over Russia when her husband was at the front lines of the war, but she relied on Rasputin.
Born: June 6, 1872
Died: July 17, 1918 -
Leon Trotsky
He was a Russian revolutionary and Communist theorist who helped Lenin and built up the army.
Born: November 7, 1879
Died: August 21, 1940 -
Russo- Japanese War
This was a conflict that grew out of the rival imperialist ambitions of the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over Manchuria and Korea. -
Bloody Sunday
A massive procession of workers led by a Russian Orthodox priest loyal to the tsar. Government officials ordered troops to fire on the crowd. January 9, 1905 -
Revolution of 1905
Began after a large political and social disagreement. Spread throughout many areas in the Russian Empire. Began in June of 1905. -
Bolsheviks(1905)
The Bolsheviks were a branch of the Social Democratic Labour Party.They became the biggest party in the Soviet Union with its leader Leon Trotsky. -
Duma(1721, 1870)
Duma is any of the various representative assemblies in the Russian history. The last tsar of Russia, Tsar Nicholas II, created duma. -
Russia in WW1
Entered the war with a huge army, bigger than any other country. August 1914 -
Tsar (Czar)
A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917) -
Abdiction
This word means to denounce or fail to fulfill. Tsar Nicholas II was abdicated after the two revolutions in Russia. The Russian Provisional Government then replaced the Tsar. -
Vladimir Lenin
Was a Russian Marxist Revolutionary who led the Russian Revolution of 1917. He was also the leading mastermind behind the Bolshevik takeover in Russia. He tried to shape the Russian Economy into a socialist model.
Born: April 22, 1870
Died: January 21, 1924 -
Communists
Communists are people that believe in a movement called Communism. Communism is a movement to create a classless, moneyless and stateless society was everyone is equal. -
Soviets
Councils of workers’ and soldiers’ deputies. (Soviet of Petrograd formed in March 1917 -
Russia's Provisional Government
The government established by moderate Constitutional Democrats in March 1917 after the Duma (legislature) declared it assumed responsibility for governing Russia, forcing the tsar to abdicate. This is before the Bolsheviks took over Russia with their Soviets (councils) -
April Theses
Lenin, on April 20, revealed a blueprint for revolutionary action based on his own perspective of Marxist theory. April 1917 -
Nicholas II
He was the last tsar of Russia who was forced to abdicate in 1917 by the Russian Revolutionists.
Born: May 18, 1868
Died: July 17, 1918 -
Whites(1917)
The white movement, the white Army or the whites as they were called were an anti-communist army that fought communist parties such as The Bolsheviks in the Russian civil war -
March Revolution (Febuary Revolution)
As a result of this revolution, the Romanov dynasty was removed from power after a long 300 years of autocratic rule and replaced with the provisional government led by Alexander Kerenski. -
Russian/Octobery/Bolshevik Revolution
Occurred in Petrograd in October-November 1917. A revolution led by the Bolsheviks, in an attempt to overthrow the government. This revolution carried over to the civil war. The Bolsheviks were successful and Lenin gained power. -
Council of People’s Commissars
Established November 1917. Formed under Lenin as a government. Became the most powerful government in the Soviet system. -
Cheka
After the old Tsarist secret police was abolished, the Cheka took its place. 1918 -
Russian Civil War
Began in Jan. 1918. A war where the Bolshevik Red Army battled the White Army, a force that opposed the Bolsheviks. -
Red Army
This is what the Soviet Army was called during the Russian Civil War. -
War Communism
In World War I, Russia's government was in control of banks and most industries, the seizing of grain from peasants and the centralization of state administration under Communist control.
1918 - 1921
