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History 10
Russian Revolution
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10th Grade
01/08/2006

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Czar Nicholas 2
Definition
didn't realize the effects that the war was having on his people, and they ultimately overthrew and executed him and his entire family
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Bolsheviks
Definition
"middle/working class"; they overthrew the czar to form Communist Russia according to Marx

were devout followers of Lenin
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March Revolution
Definition
-Bread riots that turned into a full-scale revolt against the czar
-Russians had lost faith in their gov't and their military and wanted to end thier involvment in the war
-creates a duma- similar to GB's parliament, and is a limited monarchy/goverment type
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V.I.Lenin
Definition
was a revolutionary leader who adapted Marx's theories to fit Russia. He was exiled for spreading his radical ideas. He lead the Bolsheviks to victory in many wars and revolutions, and became Russia's first communist leader.
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November Revolution
Definition
A speedy revolt against the new Russian gov't, lead by Lenin and creates the communist gov't
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Russian Civil War
Definition
a war fought btwn the "reds" and the "whites" over who'd rule Russia (the reds won)

Trotsky lead the red army
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War Communism
Definition
during the Civil War, the communists tooks banks, mines, RRs and factories to provide the army with provisions
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Soviet Union
Definition
Formed in 1922 with the formation of a Russian Constitution passed by the Great Soviet
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New Economidc Policy
Definition
The NEP allowed small businesses to reopen but the gov't controlled banks, large industries, and foreign trade

allowed farmers to sell surpluss grain for profits

raised economy
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Leon Trotsky
Definition
fought for the leadership of Russia with Stalin after Lenin's death

lead the red army during the Civil War
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5-Year Plans
Definition
tried to make Russia an industrial nation

put all industry under gov't control

quotas- have to meet them or you'll be sent to the goulag

the products sucked, so nobody wanted them
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Command Economy
Definition
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Collectivization
Definition
Russian farmers were put onto collectives and set a rediculously high quota that they had to meet each day, but people resisted this to the best of their ability
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Purges
Definition
-violent raids of the country to try and find any resistance of the gov't
-either killed the people or put them onto forced labour camps
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Totalitarian State
Definition
-totalitarian: one party that controls everything
-there was great terror (purges) and secrecy among all the citizens because they were afraid of what would happen to them if they spoke against the gov't
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Pravada
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Communist Party
Definition
became the upper class and everyone else was "equally the lower class"
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Socialist Realism
Definition
a new form of art that praied the gov't and communism in general

was the only art form that existed at the time because if you painted in other ways you would be killed
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Propaganda
Definition
Propaganda was used to promote the gov't and to show the "evils" of the west

brought a strong wave of nat'lism
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"War on Religion"
Definition
-atheism was the state religion
-persecuted all other reliions
-sacred texts were Marx and Lenin's writings
-enshrined Lenin's grave
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