World History: Russian Revolution

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Who was the Russian Civil War fought against?

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Red (Bolshevik) Army vs. White (Anti-Bolshevik) Army

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What was the leader of Russia during the Russian Civil War and what did the soviets do to his family?

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Nicholas II, Soviets murdered him and his family

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What were the reasons that Lenin/Bolsheviks/Red Army triumph?

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1. Red army because well disciplined
2. Trotsky strengthened army by reinstating draft and insisted on rigid discipline
3. Dissunity of white forces weakened them (political differences)
4. Communists possessed a common goal and sense of determination
5. War communism - everything geared towards war
6. Revolutionary terror - Cheka: destruction of all who opposed the new regime
7. intervention of foreign armies - appear to the powerful force of Russian patriotism

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How did the communists change Russia?

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-Russia became a bureaucratically centralized state with a single party
-Hostile to allied powers

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What ultimately made it possible for the Bolsheviks to seize power of Russia?

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The collapse of Russia

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Great Purge

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Campaign of terror launched by Stalin directed at eliminating anyone who threatened his power

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Abdicate

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To give up the throne

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Collective Farms

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Government combines private farms into large farms on which hundreds of families worked for the state

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Command Economy

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Government makes all the economic decisions

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Totalitarianism

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Government that takes total, centralized, state control of every aspect of public and private life

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Proletariat

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Working class

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Kulaks

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Wealthy peasant land owners, most upset because lost the most

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What are the years of the Russian Revolution?

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1917-1920

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Propaganda

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One-sided information give to the public, meant to persuade

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Censorship

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Government only allowing public what they want to be seen to control them

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Soviet

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Union of soldiers/peasants/deputies from local towns

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March Revolution

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March 8-22, 1917 - women/workers marched for shortage of land, food, fuel, and better working conditions, resulted in abdication of Nicholas II

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Autocrat

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Absolute ruler

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Who were the Bolsheviks and what did they want?

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Marxists/Red Army, led by Lenin, wanted communism and a radical revolution by a small group

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Who were the Mensheviks and what did they want?

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White Army, consisted of many different groups(political views, religions, etc.), wanted slower reforms

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Communism

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Everyone equal through total government control, violent/dictatorial

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Marxism

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Dictatorship of the proletariat - proletariat will rise up and overthrow the bourgeousie

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Life of the peasant and their reasons for resistance at different stages in the revolution

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Peasants had a hard life - not enough money, food, land, etc. They resisted because they had nothing to lose and wanted better working conditions, necessary living supplies, rights

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Secret Police

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NKVD (Stalin), KGV - used to crush opposition and create a sense of fear among the people

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USSR Society and Life

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Mix of many different people/religions/etc. - low life, got paid very little, USSR, wanted eventual utopia

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Red and White Army

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Red: Lenin and the Bolsheviks
White: Mensheviks - anti-bolsheviks

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Bloody Sunday 1905

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Peaceful protesting to request better working conditions and to have a say in the government and their own rights, but were slaughtered when the czar sent out his army

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Kerensky and the Provisional Government

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Duma/Provisional Government took power and wanted to stay in war, so the people disliked Kerensky

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Who was Lenin and what were his goals?

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Leader of Bolsheviks, wanted to spread communism throughout the world, rebuild the country's economy, give people land

"Peace, Land, Bread"

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Rasputin

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Mystical man who gained much political power because so close to the royal family, was not well liked, aristocracy assassinated him in 1916

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Alexander

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1800s - part of Romanov family, not well liked, killed off

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Nicholas II

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Leader (czar) of Russia during Revolution, began losing support and abdicated after March REvolution, him and his family murdered by Bolsheviks in the same room

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How many officers were purged by Stalin?

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More than 50%

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What were Stalin's techniques for getting and keeping power?

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Remained in power by killing off people who he thought gained too much power or were conspiring against him - TERRORISM

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What were Stalin's years as a leader?

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1928 - 1953

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What was the New Economic Policy and how did it affect the country?

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Proposed by Lenin, it was created to prevent Russian ecoomy from collapsing, created a mix of capitalism and communism (private ownership and public ownership). It kept the Russian economy alive.

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What was the Five Year Plan and what were its effects?

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Designed to help development of Soviet Union's Economy by increasing output of steel, coal, and electricity. Resulted in better economy but limited consumer goods so caused people to face shortages of housing, food, clothing, etc.

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How did Stalin's economic policies change from Lenin's?

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Lenin was focused on the spread of communism while Stalin wanted Russia's industrialization and took it to total command

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What were the four classes of the Soviet people and why was each discontent?

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1. Peasants (80%) - lack of land/food
2. Urban Dwellers (15%) - low wages/poor working conditions
3. Middle Class Professionals (3%) - wanted equality to upper class
4. Aristocrats (2%)

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What was the differences between Trotsky and Stalin's beliefs?

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-Trotsky was trusted by Lenin more and was not as brutal or radical
-Stalin was extremely brutal and forceful

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What caused the Russian Civil War?

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The revolution

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Who ran the right and left sides of the Polit Buro?

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Trotsky led the left side while Stalin led the right side