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28 Cards in this Set
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Who was the last monarch of Russia?
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Nicholas II
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What was a Russian workers' and soliders' council called?
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Soviet
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Who was Alexander Kerensky?
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the leader of the Provisional Government
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What slogan did Lenin use to get people's support?
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"peace, land, bread"
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What group assasinated the czar and his family?
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Communists
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Who was the "Holy" man and healer who was the power behind the czarina when the czar went to the front?
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Rasputin
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What was the mixed group who opposed communism? (czarists, foreigners, parliamentary republicans...)?
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Whites
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Give 3 things that Lenin did after the Revolution in Russia
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1. Give land to the peasants
2. End participation in the war 3. Assume control of industry |
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Who did Stalin defeat in a power struggle?
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Trotsky
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A group of revolutionaries who believed in a fast, immediate revolution in Russia was named...
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Bolsheviks
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State 3 ways in which Stalin's rule was good
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1. Unemployment virtually disappeared
2. Russia industrialized 3. Created subsidized housing |
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State 3 ways Stalin's rule was unsuccessful
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1. Shortage of housing/wages fell--> unhappy people
2. People not psychologically ready for the change 3. People were scared-->mostly of the government |
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Who signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
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Lenin
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Who ordered the Great Purge?
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Stalin
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Who was reponsible for collectivization?
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Stalin
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Who established the Duma?
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Czar
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Who replaced War Communism with the New Economic Policy?
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Lenin
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Who abdicated when he lost the support of the army?
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Czar
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Who continued to export food during a major famine?
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Stalin
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Who was exiled from Russia for radical actions?
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Lenin
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Who was a well-meaning man, who was uninformed and ineffective ruler?
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Czar
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Who were the Mensheviks?
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group of Marxist followers; felt that Russia was not yet ready for a Revolution
Bolsheviks ended up taking power and the country went into Revolution |
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Who put the 5 year plan into effect?
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Stalin
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What was the basis of the 5 Year Plan?
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The 5 Year Plan was Stalin's plan for industrialization
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In Stalin's plans did he set quotes? If so, on what? Were the quotes unrealistic?
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Stalin set quotes on things such as coal and iron. The quotes were unrealistic
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Why did Stalin think that Russia could industrialize in such a shor time?
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He thought that since the people had a goal to reach then they would strive to reach it.
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Define totalitarianism?
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When a government has full control over peoples' day to day lives, where they live what they did for for a living. Russia was totalitarian.
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How did the Russian people feel about Totalitarianism?
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Unhappy because they had no rights and nothing that they could call their own.
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