Communism Form of socialism advocated by Karl Marx, according to Marx, class struggle was inevitable and would lead to the creation of a classless society in which all wealth and property would be owned by the community as a whole

Socialism System in which the people as a whole rather than private individuals own all property and operate all businesses

Capitalism Economic system in which the means of the production are privately owned and operated for profit

Chapter 15 Section 1

Duma An elected national legislature

serf In medieval Europe, a peasant bound to the lords land

Proletariat Working class

Hemophilia A disease where your blood will not clot

Soviets A council of workers and soldiers set up by Russian revolutionaries

Commissars Communist party official assigned to the army to teach party principles and ensure party loyalty

Gregory Rasputin Nicholas II wife, Alexandra, relied quite heavily on him while Nicholas was off at war Called the “holy man” He helped ease the suffering of Nicholas II and Alexandra’s son, who had hemophilia Russian nobles killed Rasputin How?

Vladimir Lenin His brother was hanged for plotting to kill the czar Therefore Lenin hated the Czarist country Supported Marxist ideas Because of this he was exiled to Siberia Leader of the Bolsheviks

Bolsheviks Means majority Lead by Lenin Eventually renamed Communists

Karl Marx Wrote the Communist Manifesto Said there will always be a conflict between the working class and the business owners Predicted that the industrial working class would overthrow the capitalist ideas

Red Guards Armed factory workers

“Reds” Known as the Communist during the Russian Civil War

“Whites” Known as the counterrevolutionaries during the Russian Civil War