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Alexander III
Gained throne from his father. -
Autocracy
Government with all power -
Cenorship
Alexander III viewed documents from universaries and secondary schools. -
Progroms
Organized violence against Jews -
Nicholas II
Became Czar -
Karl Marx
Created Marxism, split into two groups. -
Marxism
Two groups of people wanting to overthrow the Czar -
Communism
Term used to decribe high government control -
Vladimir Lenin
Major leader of the Bolsheviks -
Bolsheviks
Believed in radical change in the government -
Industrialization
Growth of factories -
Trans-Siberian Railway
World's longest continuos rail line. -
Bloody Sunday
Citizens approached the Czars WInter palace and demanded more rights. Soldiers shot at the crowds and between 500 and 1,000 people had died. -
World War I
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White Army
Loyal to the Czar -
Proletariat
Have-nots/ workers -
Soviet
Council made up of workers, peasants, and soldiers. -
Bolshevik Revolution
Lenin took over major Russian cities -
Leon Trotsky
Revolution Leader -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Had Germany sign peace treaty -
Bolshevik Red Guards
Red Army Triumph -
New Economic Policy (NEP)
Small version of Capitalism. -
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
Named the country USSR -
Communist Party
Named after Karl Marx's term communism -
Lenin Death
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Joseph Stalin
Head of Communist party -
Police State
Kill Millions of so-called traitors -
Command Economy
Government that makes all economic decisions -
Five-year Plans
Planned to have industrial growth and strengthen national defense in short amount of time. -
Collective Farms
Government owned farms. -
Trotsky Exile
Death -
Totalitarianism
Government ruled by dictator -
Indoctrination
Instruction of government beliefs -
Propaganda
Biased or incomplete information use to sway decisions -
Russian Orthodox Church
Main target of Persecution -
Socialist Realism
Artistic praise of Soviet life and Communism values. -
Great Purge
Campaign of Terror