Do Now: copy the Russian Revolution
Vocabulary into your notebooks
 Czar – term for an autocratic ruler of Russia; Russian
word for Caesar.
 Czar Nicholas II – (1894 – 1917) – the last absolute
ruler of Russia’s Romanov Dynasty. The entire
Romanov family was executed during the Russian
Revolution.
 Serfs – landless peasants who worked on the land of
wealthy landowners.
 KGB – Russian secret police, used brutal force to crush
any opposition to the Czar.
Social
Problems
Economic
Problems
Political
Problems
1. Tremendous cold &
difficult farming
conditions led to
hunger & starvation in
Russia.
2. Secret police (KGB)
was used by the czar
to crush any
opposition to him.
Informers kept the
serfs from unifying.
1. Over 90% of the
Russian population were
serfs (landless peasants)
who worked on wealthy
landowners’ property.
The serfs received little if
any economic gains for
their work.
1. No freedom of speech,
press, right to trial or
any basic human
rights existed for serfs.
2. Czar ruled with an
‘iron fist’. Serfs had
no voice in
government policies.
 3 volunteers will perform the play in
front of the room
 Underline or highlight important ideas
 Answer questions 1 – 5 in FULL
SENTENCES
 Choose 1 of the 3 characters from the play. In 2 – 3
FULL SENTENCES explain what their life was like…