Pre- Revolutionary Russia The 1905 Revolution The February Revolution The October Revolution Civil War
What Russian Czar was brutally assassinated in 1881 by the ‘People’s Will’?What Russian Czar was brutally assassinated in 1881 by the ‘People’s Will’?
Alexander II
In 1861 Czar Alexander II abolished what?
Serfdom
What Russian leader rejected the Loris-Melikov constitution and enacted the process of ‘Russification’?
Alexander III
Russia’s war with what country marked the first modern defeat of a European power by a non-European power?
Japan
Name two goals Russia wanted to achieve by going to war with Japan.
1. To rally Russia around the Czar. To rally Russia around the Czar. 2. Gain a warm weather port for Eastern Russia. Gain a warm weather port for Eastern Russia.
What January 1905 event resulted in the deaths of 100 peaceful protestors at the Winter Palace?
Bloody Sunday
Who lead the peaceful demonstrations in St. Petersburg on January 22 nd, 1905.
Father Giorgy Gapon
Similar to pre-revolutionary France, this group of the Russian population was the poorest and also the largest in number?
Peasantry
What did Czar Nicholas II issue as a direct result of the 1905 Revolution?
The October Manifesto
What did the October Manifesto promise?
Establishment of the Duma, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly.
How did Rasputin gain the trust of the Czar and Czarina?
His ability to heal their son Alexis.
What role did women play in the igniting the February Revolution?
They began a march for bread.
Why was Nicholas II’s decision to take command of the military during WWI a disaster?
The Russian people held him responsible for the failures of the military.
What was the name of the secret police under Nicholas II’s rule?
Okhrana
What were two of the major outcomes of the February Revolution?
1. The abdication of Czar Nicholas II.1. The abdication of Czar Nicholas II. 2. The formation of the Provisional Government.
What was the name of Vladimir Lenin’s political party?
Bolsheviks
What slogan became popular as a result of Lenin’s ‘April Theses’?
‘All Power to the Soviets’
As leader of the Provisional Government, what was Kerensky’s worst political decision?
Keeping Russia in World War I.
Lenin’s theory of ‘Peace at any Cost’ resulted in the agreement of what costly treaty?
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
What General lead a revolt which resulted in the Bolsheviks forming the Red Guard?
General Kornilov
What was the name given to the Bolshevik Army?
The Red Army
This man’s military leadership was essential to the success of the Red Army.
Leon Trotsky
What economic policy was instituted by Lenin during the Civil War?
War Communism
What economic policy did the Bolsheviks deem as ‘a step backwards towards the old capitalist system’?
The New Economic Policy.
What was the reasoning for the extermination of the Romanov Family?
The Bolsheviks feared that the Czar would become the leader of the White Armies.