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Rasputin
Russian orthodox Christian, "Mad Monk" considered psychic and faith healer -
V.I Lenin
Russian marxist revolutionary and communist politician -
Mensheviks
minority... Julius Martove disputed Lenin on minor issues then split with the Bolsheviks to create new party -
Russo-Japanese War
great war of 20th century, from rival imperial ambitions of the Russian and Japanese Empire over Manchuria and Korea -
Revolution of 1905
wave of mass political and social unrest, some directed towards govt and some undirected -
Bloody Sunday
massacre in St.Petersburg where unarmed peacful protesters were gunned down by the imperial guard -
Soviets
socialist single-party state ruled by the communist party -
Bolsheviks
majority founded by Lenin. Mass orginization consisting primarily of workers under a democratic internal hierarchy -
Abdication
To formally rellinquish power or responsibility -
Duma
Representitive assembly in Russia -
Alexander Kerensky
major political leader during Russian Revolutions -
Alexander Kerensky
major political leader during Russian Revolutions -
Russia in WW1
high crusade against the germans, common enemy, very large army, "Russian Steamroller" -
March Revolution: general strike
Centered in Petograd. Teh immediate result was the abdication of Tsar Nicholas! -
Tsar Nicholas II
Last tsar of Russia, wasn't suited for his job and didn't want to become appointed supreme ruler of Russia -
Tsarina Alexandra
Tsar Nicholas's wife. People didn't like her because she was German and Rasputin influenced her -
October Revolution
The Bolshevik party, led by Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the provisional Govt. in St. Petersburg -
Communists
Movement to create classless social structured upon common ownership as well as social, political, and economic ideology. -
Provisional Government
unelected governments that arise in the aftermath of evil or foreign wars.In Russia it was government immediatly following the abdication of Tsar Nicholas -
Cheka
Established in 1917. State security orginization of the Bolsheviks government. -
Tsar
was a title used to designate certain European Slavic monarchs or supreme rulers. -
April Theses
series of directives issued by Lenin upon his retern to Petogard -
War communism
Military communes, economic and political systems that existed in the Soviet Union (1918-1921) -
The White Army
Anti-communist forces that fought the Bolsheviks -
Leon Trotsky
Russian Marxist revolutionary theorist, soviet leader, and first Leader of the Red Army -
Alexandra Kollontai/Zhenotdel
In November 1918 Alexandra Kollontai, and many others organized the First National Congress of Women Workers and Peasants. -
Treaty of Brest Livtosk
Peace treaty between Russia and Cental Powers -
Russia Civil War
multi-party war fought between the Bolshevik Red Army and the White Army -
The Red Army
Workers and peasents were apart of the Red Army. They became members of the red army by it growing into the national army of the soviet union. -
3 sloagans
"War is Peace"
"Freedom is slavery"
"Knowledge is ignorance" George orwell wrote these quotes in his book