Russian Revolution: March and November Revolutions
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5reided on April 7, 2011
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world studies, world history, social studies, europe, european history, history, russia, russian revolution
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Information regarding the March and November Revolutions during the Russian Revolution.
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Alexandra | Willful and stubborn German-born wife of Nicholas II who fell under the influence of Rasputin. |
| Grigori Rasputin | Uneducated Siberian peasant who claimed to be a holy man. |
| March Revolution | Revolution between 8 and 12 March 1917 resulting in the abdication of Czar Nicholas II, starting from a women's march and general strike. |
| bread rationing | Immediate cause of the March Revolution. |
| Petrograd | City where March Revolution took place. |
| St. Petersburg | City called Petrograd starting in 1914. |
| 10,000 | Number of women marching through Petrograd on March 8. |
| 8 March 1917 | Date women marched through Petrograd. |
| 10 March 1917 | Date factories were shut down when men joined the strikes. |
| Duma | Legislative body which the czar tried to dissolve. |
| 12 March 1917 | Date Duma established a provisional government made up of middle-class Duma representatives. |
| 15 March 1917 | Date Czar Nicholas II stepped down, ending the approximately 300-year Romanov dynasty. |
| Alexander Kerensky | Leader of the provisional government who carried on World War I. |
| soviets | Councils composed of representatives from workers and soldiers, largely made up of socialists, representing the radical lower-class interests. |
| Anna Anderson | A young woman from Germany who claimed to be Anastasia after spending time in Dalldorf, who died in 1984. |
| Bolsheviks | A small faction of a Marxist party called the Russian Social Democrats. |
| V.I. Lenin | Leader of the Bolsheviks. |
| Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | Birth name of V.I. Lenin. |
| end to war, land to peasants, transfer of factories, power to Soviets | Promises of the Bolsheviks. |
| 6 November 1917 | Date the Bolshevik forces seized the Winter Palace, resulting in the collapse of the provisional government. |
| Communist Party | New name of the Bolsheviks. |
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