RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONS
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TERMS
• DECEMBERIST REVOLT – Decemberists tried to
overthrow Nicholas I; resulted in 100s of
revolutionaries exiled to Siberia; czar forced
Jews to Germany
• REVOLUTION OF 1905 – began as a result of
Bloody Sunday; forced the czar to create a
Duma
• MARCH REVOLUTION - people rioted and
went on strike because of food shortages;
forced czar Nicholas II to abdicate the throne
• BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION – Socialist
Revolution led by Lenin; leaders believed in
the teachings of Marx; Cheka created to
destroy opposition; brought communism to
Russia
• BLOODY SUNDAY – the day Father Gapon and
followers were shot at by the czar’s army as
they marched to the palace; began the
Revolution of 1905
• COMMUNISM – classless society where
everyone’s needs are taken care of;
government controls politics, society and
industry
• CHEKA – created to destroy opposition during
the Bolshevik Revolution
• DUMA – czar created the government body
during Rev. of 1905 to make changes
• COMMUNIST MANIFESTO – written by Marx
and Engles
• RED ARMY – set up by Leon Trotsky; opposed
by the White Army (anti-communists)
• TREATY OF BREST-LETOVSK – ended Russia’s
involvement in WWI
• SOVIETS – government bodies set up to
challenge the existing government during the
March Rev.
• PETROGRAD – originally St. Petersburg;
sounded too German
• MOSCOW – the capital of Russia
• SIBERIA – Northeastern region of Russia
where 150,000 people exiled after the
Decemberist Revolt
PEOPLE
• NICHOLAS I – took over the throne when
Alexander I suddenly died; forced Jews to
Germany during Decemberist Revolt
• NICHOLAS II – abdicated the throne during the
March Revolution of 1917
• FATHER GAPON – lead a group to palace to ask
Nicholas II for better working condition, while
they were on their way they were shot at
Bloody Sunday
• KARL MARX – wrote Communist Manifesto;
father of communism
• FREIDRICK ENGLES – wrote Communist
Manifesto with Marx
• VLADIMIR LENIN – lead the Socialist
Revolution known as the Bolshevik Revolution
• LEON TROTSKY – trained the Red Army during
the Bolshevik Revolution