| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Rebellion | an act of violent or open resistance to an established government or ruler |
| Abdicate | fail to fulfill or undertake |
| Famine | extreme scarcity of food |
| Pacifist | the belief that any violence, including war, is unjustifiable under any circumstances, and that all disputes should be settled by peaceful means. |
| Radical | a person who advocates thorough or complete political or social reform; |
| Provisional | arranged or existing for the present, possibly to be changed |
| Asylum | the protection granted by a nation to someone who has left their native country |
| Treason | the crime of betraying one's country |
| Expulsion | the action of depriving someone of membership in an organization |
| Purge | remove (a group of people considered undesirable) from an organization or place, typically in an abrupt or violent manner |
| Zealous | having or showing zeal |
| Suppress | forcibly put an end to |
| Derisive | expressing contempt or ridicule |
| Manifesto | a public declaration of policy and aims, |
| Evolution | the gradual development of something, |
| Superficial | existing or occurring at or on the surface |
| Speculate | invest in stocks, property, or other ventures in the hope of gain but with the risk of loss |
| Bolsheviks | Marxists who favored socialist party |
| February Revolution | Toppled monarchy and replaced it with a moderate provisional government |
| October Revolution | Revolution lead by Lenin and the Bolsheviks won them the control of the Russian Government |
| Collective farms | Vast areas of land where many people shared the work |
| Dictatorship of the proletariat | One of Marx's theories where the workers would control the state |
| Kulaks | The Most prosperous peasants and opposed collectivization farming |
| Serfs | Uneducated laborers who's poor living conditions made up the unstable foundation of the Russian Empire |
| Menshevism | Marxists who wanted a gradual approach to change and believed Russia was not ready for socialism |
| Bolshevism | Type of Marxism lead by Lenin that wanted the socialist party to be controlled by a small elite group |
| Treaty of Breast Litovsk | Treaty that ended Russia's participation in WWI |
| White Army | IN the Civil war in 1918-1920 defeated by the reds due to poor organization |
| Red Army | Bolsheviks fighting in the civil was under the lead of Trotsky |
| Permanent Revolution | Idea or theory that only socialist up rises in the rest of the world could create an ideal society |
| Bourgeois | Refers to the middle class in Russia |
| Proletariat | The working class of Russia |
| USSR | Union Of Soviet Socialist Republic the name communist leaders gave Russia in 1922 |
| Tsar Nichols II | Last Royal leader of Russia and didn't realize the depth of discontent which lead to the revolution |
| Karl Marx | An intellectual who co authored the communist manifesto and set down the principles on which communism was to evolve |
| Alexander Kerensky | headed provisonal government after February revolution |
| Vladimir Lenin | Headed the Bolsheviks took over Russia after Revolution and died in 1924 |
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