Russian Revolution
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world studies, world history, social studies, europe, european history, history, russia, russian revolution
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Information regarding the Russian Revolution in the early 20th century.
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia | Four daughters of Nicholas II. |
| Alexei | Son of Nicholas II. |
| hemophilia | An inherited condition that impairs the bloods ability to clot, possessed by Nicholas II. |
| Nicholas II | Autocratic czar of Russia starting in 1894 who was weak, timid, and terrified of being czar, and loved animals and spent time with family. |
| Alexandra | Shy and prim spouse of Nicholas II who was born in Germany and was the granddaughter of Queen Victoria. |
| peasants | 50 of 60 million Russians who often experienced the lack of education, domestic violence, alcoholism, and religion. |
| nobles | Powerful landowners appointed by the czar who controlled most land and resources, paid little taxes, and led the military. |
| property | Peasants could be described as this to their landowners. |
| banya | A bathouse where Russians perform a cleaning ritual. |
| izba | A wooden cabin in Russia. |
| beautiful corner | Feature of many Russian homes. |
| Russian Orthodox | Religion observed by 95% of Russians. |
| Easter | Most important holiday to Russians. |
| Okhrana | Russian secret police of the czar who read mail, infiltrated labor unions, used torture to gain information, and consisted of undercover agents. |
| pogrom | Organized persecution of an ethnic group (especially Jews). |
| Jews | Group wrongfully blamed for blowing up Alexander II's carriage in St. Petersburg on a Sunday morning in 1881. |
| balalaika | Traditional guitar in Russia. |
| warmth, stretching | Purpose of Russian dance. |
| snow | Reason for onion domes in Russia. |
| Fabergé eggs | Decorative objects made in Russia. |
| beets | A Russian soup used juice from these. |
| Size of Russia, Agriculture, Poverty and Inequality, Poor Leadership, Coronation Stampede, Wars, Bloody Sunday | Seven causes of the Russian Revolution. |
| Russiafication | Policy forcing non-Russians to speak Russian and adopt the religion. |
| 25% | Percent of farmable land in Russia. |
| Bread Basket of Europe | Old phrase describing Ukraine, due to its output of grains. |
| Siberia | Cold, desert- and forest- covered region east of the Ural Mountains, where some people were exiled. |
| advisors | People assigned by the czar to run Russia's individual regions, some characterized by corruption. |
| medieval | Term describing conditions in Russian factories. |
| too late | Reason why industrialization in Russia did not work for Czar Nicholas II. |
| rumors of bread | Cause of the Coronation Stampede. |
| 1,500 | Approximate number of deaths resulting from the Coronation Stampede. |
| Coronation Stampede | Event where 1,500 people were trampled as they raced for bread. |
| Russo-Japanese War | A conflict between Russia and Japan over a water port resulting in a major Russian loss. |
| 1904-1905 | Years of the Russo-Japanese War. |
| World War I | A conflict in which Russia lost many battles. |
| poor army | Reason for many losses in World War I. |
| food riots | An effect of World War I for Russia, affecting the homeland. |
| Bloody Sunday | Massacre on January 22, 1905, in which about 1000 peaceful protesters were killed as they approached the Winter Palace. |
| 22 January 1905 | Date of Bloody Sunday. |
| May 1896 | Month and year of the Coronation Stampede. |
| Czar Nicholas II | Russian czar opposed to Westernization executed after World War I as a result of the revolution and his poor leadership. |
| Grigori Rasputin | Russian mystic who influenced the royal family, claiming to have magical healing powers. |
| Alexander Kerensky | Political leader who was the Prime Minister of Russia's provisional government in 1917. |
| Vladimir Lenin | Russian Marxist who created and led the Bolsheviks and founded the U.S.S.R. |
| Lev Trotsky | Russian Marxist who was second to Lenin in the Bolsheviks, and was exiled to Siberia multiple times for revolutionary acts. |
| Karl Marx | German philosopher and sociologist who developed Marxism and communism, inspiring many revolutionary leaders in Russia such as Lenin and Kerensky. |
| Fanya Kaplan | Attempted assassin of Lenin on 30 August 1918, who hit a girl near Lenin through his coat and hit Lenin in the left shoulder twice. |
| bread rationing | Immediate cause of the March Revolution. |
| working-class women | Type of people who started the first strikes in the March Revolution. |
| 8 March 1917 | Date the women marched through Petrograd. |
| 10 March 1917 | Date the factories were shut down as a general strike started, resulting in Nicholas II's order to break up crowd with deadly force, which was disobeyed as soldiers joined the strike. |
| Duma | Legislative body which the czar tried to dissolve. |
| 12 March 1917 | Date the Duma established the provisional government, consisting of middle-class Duma representatives. |
| soviet | A council composed of representatives from workers and soldiers, largely made up of socialists. |
| 6 November 1917 | Date the Bolshevik forces seized the Winter Palace, resulting in the collapse of the government. |
| communists | New name for the Bolsheviks. |
| Bolsheviks | A small faction of a Marxist party called the Russian Social Democrats, inspired by Marxist ideas. |
| Soviets | Political group originating from the Bolsheviks dominated by communist ideas in a single-party system who used the hammer and sickle in their logo. |
| provisional government | The temporary government of Russia after Czar Nicholas II stepped down and before Lenin took over. |
| Red Terror | Mass arrests and executions in 1918 led by Lenin in revenge for assassination attempts, focusing on class, education, and money. |
| Whites vs. Reds | Two main belligerents in the Russian Civil War. |
| Whites | Belligerent in the Russian Civil war opposing Lenin. |
| Reds | Belligerent in the Russian Civil war supporting Lenin. |
| autocrat | Type of leader that Nicholas II was. |
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