Russian Revolution Vocabulary
1.
Bolsheviks
A. Bolsheviks led by Leon Trotsky and Lenin claimed power in the name of the Soviets and
proclaimed a full-scale revolution with the support of workers and troops
2.
Collective Farms
B. Bolshevik revolutionary, head of the Soviet Communists after 1924, and dictator of the Soviet
Union from 1928 to 1953. He led the Soviet Union with an iron fist, using Five-Year Plans to
increase industrial production and terror to crush opposition
3.
Command Economy
C. Economic system in which the government controls the country’s economy
4.
February Revolution
D. Form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by laws or
opposition)
5.
Great Purge
E. Founded the Communist Party in Russia and set up the world’s first Communist Party
dictatorship. He led the October Revolution of 1917, in which the Communists seized power
in Russia. He then ruled the country until his death in 1924
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7.
Joseph Stalin
Kulaks
F. Government owned farms. Workers are paid by the government and they shared profits.
G. Group of revolutionary Russian Marxists who took control of Russia’s government in
November 1917
8.
Lenin
H. Plan implemented by Lenin that allowed some private ownership of businesses and small
plots of land
9.
Nicholas II
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14.
New Economic Plan
October Revolution
Provisional government
Rasputin
Russo-Japanese War
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Soviets
totalitarianism
O. War between Russia and Japan over imperial possessions. Japan wins
P. Widespread arrests and executions of over a million people by Stalin between 1936 and 1938
in an attempt to eliminate all opposition
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I. Revolutions against the Czarist government which led to the abdication of Nicholas II and the
creation of a provisional government in March 1917
Rich peasants in the Russian Empire who owned larger farms and used hired labor.
Russian council composed of representatives from the workers and soldiers
Self-proclaimed holy man who claimed to heal the sick and have prophecies
Temporary government
Tsar who took the throne after Alexander II’s assassination, weak ruler who used expansionist
ventures to deflect attention from domestic issues and neutralize revolutionary movements
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