Russian Revolution

By Dani V.

  • Alexander III

    Gained throne from his father.

  • Autocracy

    Government with all power

  • Cenorship

    Alexander III viewed documents from universaries and secondary schools.

  • Progroms

    Organized violence against Jews

  • Nicholas II

    Became Czar

  • Karl Marx

    Created Marxism, split into two groups.

  • Marxism

    Two groups of people wanting to overthrow the Czar

  • Communism

    Term used to decribe high government control

  • Vladimir Lenin

    Major leader of the Bolsheviks

  • Bolsheviks

    Believed in radical change in the government

  • Industrialization

    Growth of factories

  • Trans-Siberian Railway

    World's longest continuos rail line.

  • Bloody Sunday

    Citizens approached the Czars WInter palace and demanded more rights. Soldiers shot at the crowds and between 500 and 1,000 people had died.

  • World War I

  • White Army

    Loyal to the Czar

  • Proletariat

    Have-nots/ workers

  • Soviet

    Council made up of workers, peasants, and soldiers.

  • Bolshevik Revolution

    Lenin took over major Russian cities

  • Leon Trotsky

    Revolution Leader

  • Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

    Had Germany sign peace treaty

  • Bolshevik Red Guards

    Red Army Triumph

  • New Economic Policy (NEP)

    Small version of Capitalism.

  • Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

    Named the country USSR

  • Communist Party

    Named after Karl Marx's term communism

  • Lenin Death

  • Joseph Stalin

    Head of Communist party

  • Police State

    Kill Millions of so-called traitors

  • Command Economy

    Government that makes all economic decisions

  • Five-year Plans

    Planned to have industrial growth and strengthen national defense in short amount of time.

  • Collective Farms

    Government owned farms.

  • Trotsky Exile

    Death

  • Totalitarianism

    Government ruled by dictator

  • Indoctrination

    Instruction of government beliefs

  • Propaganda

    Biased or incomplete information use to sway decisions

  • Russian Orthodox Church

    Main target of Persecution

  • Socialist Realism

    Artistic praise of Soviet life and Communism values.

  • Great Purge

    Campaign of Terror