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Russian Revolution and Totalitarian Dictators
Unit 13
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History
10th Grade
11/14/2017

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Romanov Dynasty

 

The Romanov family was killed after the February revolution in brutal ways.

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The Romanov Dynasty was the second dynasty to rule over Russia from 1613 to 1917.

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Rasputin

 

Rasputin was poisoned, shot, and beat, but none of those things killed him. He died from drowning.

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Rasputin was a mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who was taken into the Romanov family to save the youngest son from dying, which he succeeded in, until the whole family was killed.

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Felix Yusopov

 

Felix was best known for  taking place in the assassination  of Rasputin

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Felix Yusopov was a Russian aristocrat, prince and count from the Yusopov family. 

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Revolution of 1905

 

The Revolution of 1905 included worker strikes, military mutiny and peasant unrest.

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The Russian Revolution took place in 1905 and was a vast political and social unrest.

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Duma

 

The Duma was established in 1905 by Tsar Nicholas II

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A legislative body in the ruling assembly of Russia

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March Revolution

 

The March Revolution was Also known as the February Revolution

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 The March Revolution was the opening phase of the Russian Revolution.

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November Revolution

 

The November Revolution got rid of the constitutional monarchy in Germany

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A revolution in Germany as a result of World War I that lasted from November 1918- August 1919.

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Russian Civil War

 

The russian Civil War split Russia into smaller provinces to decide what the government would be.

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The Russian Civil war occurred immediately after the Russian Revolution.

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War Communism

 

War communism was introduced by Lenin to attempt to demolish the problems brought on by the Russian Civil War.

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War communism was the name given to the Russian economic system that existed from 1918-1921.

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New Economic Policy

 

New Economic Policy was within worker state of the USSR.

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The New Economic Policy was a step towards "state capitalism", proposed by Lenin.

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Lenin

 

Lenin took charge of Russia but was replaced by Stalin.

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Russian leader who heavily supported communism

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Stalin

 

Stalin is often associated with bad things because of all the horrible things he did.

 

Definition

Stalin was the Russian ruler who took over power when Lenin died.

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Five Year Plans

 

The first of the five year plans was a list of economic goals.

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The Soviet Union created the Five Year Plans as an economic plan.

 

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The Great Purge

 

Stalin was eliminating the elite groups of people that threatened his rule.

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Also known as the Great Terror, the Great Purge was a time of economic distress.

 

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Kulaks

 

Stalin created the class of Kulaks

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A community of affluent peasants in the Russian Empire.

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Cheka

 

The Cheka was established in 1917 by the Sovnarkom

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Cheka was one of the first of the Russian secret police

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Gulags

 

Many people were sent to the Gulags for being late to work.

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Labor camps in which people were sent if they disobeyed or were late to work.

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Totalitarian

 

The Russians went through a totalitarian dictatorship more than once.

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A system of government where the dictator has total control of the country.

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Indoctrination

 

Russia indoctrinated their citizens to support Stalin.

Definition

The process of teaching a person or group to accept a set of belief 

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Propaganda

 

In WWI, countries used propaganda posters to promote their ideas.

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Information given to promote a particular political cause or point of view.

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Censorship

 

The Russian government heavily censored the media while Stalin was in charge.

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The suppression or prohibition of public information that may make the government or the prohibitor bad.

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Fear and intimidation

 

Russia made sure that their citizens were fearful and intimidated by Stalin so they would stay under his control.

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The government used this to keep their citizens in control.

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Communism

 

Russia supported Communism during the Russian Revolution, but that changed and they switch to capitalism.

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A system of government in which all public property is owned by all citizens.

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Fascism

Italy practiced fascism while Mussolini was ruling.

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Radical, authoritarian nationalism, usually started by dictators.

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Nazism

 

Nazis were mainly in Germany and it is not as prevalent today.

 

Definition

The prejudice against Jews, largely practiced in Nazi Germany.

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Hitler

 

Hitler killed himself after Mussolini was killed.

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The leader of Nazi Germany who was one of the main reasons for World War II

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Stalin

 

Stalin led the Russians during the Russian Revolution.

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Stalin was the totalitarian leader off Russia during the Russian Revolution.

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Mussolini

 

Mussolini was loved while also hated by many in the Roman empire.

Definition

Mussolini strongly supported fascism in The Roman Empire

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Trotsky

 

Trotsky was one of the leaders who supported Marxism

 

Definition

Trotsky was a Russian Revolutionary, theorist, Marxist, and politician.

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