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Bourgeoisie-the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes
Proletariat- workers or working-class people, regarded collectively (often used with reference to Marxism)
Class conflict- tension and struggle between social classes
The two groups that society is dived into are Bourgeoisie and Proletariat
To end equality Karl Marx made the community communist. -
Khodynka Tragedy- a crowd crush that occurred on 30 May
Tsar Nicholas was a leader who refused to share power, Aliened groups ,Dismissed moderate concessions, he lacked political skill, and he blamed others for failure.
Nicholas was not prepared to rule. He lacked the necessary skills and inclination for ruling. -
The Russian public reacted to the loss of Japan with humiliation, anger, and defeat. It led to mass protest and strikes against Tsar Nicholas and the absolute power he held. -
Clergy- the body of all people ordained for religious duties
St. Petersburg/Petrograd- . The city was founded as St. Petersburg but was later named Petrogad during World War l to sound less German. The Russian people were protesting for better working conditions, civil liberties.They were protesting in Derry, Northern Ireland. Durning this protest British soldiers fired on unarmed civilians. It is call bloody Sunday because of the violent attack on peaceful civil rights marchers. -
Rasputin was a man who gained power because of his "Healing powers". Tsarina is the wife of Tsar. Rasputin influenced the Tsarina by spiritual and medical guidance, political interference, and public scandal. Rasputin was assassinated in December 1916 by a group of Russian nobles who lured him to Prince Felix Yusupov's palace in St. Petersburg. -
Abdicate- to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function
Things that sparked the revolution in March were worker protests, escalating unrest, and army mutiny. The ways women helped in the war were mobilizing men, persuading soldiers, and having protests and strikes. The Czar responded by issuing the October Manifesto, which promised democratic reforms, a national legislature, and civil liberties -
Vladimir Lenin was a Russian revolutionary, politician and political theorist. The role that Vladimir Lenin played in the Revolution was that he was the first head of the government soviet Russia and of the soviet union. and he led the October revolution. He promised the people of Russia Peace,Land, and Bread. But he did not keep the promise to the Russian people. -
Bolshevicks- a member of the majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party
Mensheviks- a member of the moderate non-Leninist wing of the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party
Provisional government- an emergency government set up when a political void has been created by the collapse of a very large government
Soviet-national council in the former Soviet Union The goals of the October revolution was to overthrow the ineffective and unpopular short term Government that was in power. -
Checka- the secret police of the Bolsheviks in the early period of the Soviet Union
The leader during the red terror was Vladimir Ilich Lenin. It affected the people by land loss ,economic hardship, and forced modernization. The Romanov's were executed by Bolshevik revolutionaries in Yekaterinburg. I think the red terror happened because the Bolsheviks feared of losing power. So they believed if they had a powerful and brutal response to prevent a counter-revolution and secure their control. -
When signing the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Russia lost control of Ukraine, Poland, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, and its Caucasian province of Kars and Batum. Russia signed the treaty of brest-Litovsk because Lenin, realizing that the new Soviet state was too weak to survive a continuation of the war, threatened to resign if the German terms were not met. -
Red Army-the army of the soviet Union, formed after the revolution of 1917
White Army- any of the armies opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War The Civil War was a result of the emergence of opposition against the Bolsheviks after November 1917. The red army wanted to oppose the military forces of the new nation's adversaries. The white army wanted to reverse the October Revolution and remove the Bolsheviks from power before a constituent assembly. The United States won the war. -
War Communism- politic and economic pursued by the Bolsheviks during the Civil War in response to the ideological and pragmatic demands of consolidating power. The purpose of War Communism was aiding the Red Army in halting the advance of the White Army, and in helping the Bolsheviks to re-conquer most of the territory of the former Russian Empire. -
Lenin altered communism by adapting Marx's Ideas. He introduced a vanguard party to lead the revolution. Established a centralized one state party to maintain control after the revolution. Introduced the new Economic Policy. and forced revolution in a single country. He did this because Russia was not industrialized like western Europe, he believed a strong, organized party was needed, and after the revolution he wanted to keep power centralized to protect the new government. -
After Lenin dies Stalin comes in as the leader of the Soviet Union. He turned the USSR into a totalitarian state. And he introduced five-year plans to rapidly industrialize the country. And then he led the USSR during World War ll, helping defend Nazi Germany. -
The things I have learned about the revolution are that Tsar Nicholas was not prepared to rule. He lacked the necessary skills and inclination ruling. Rasputin was a conman he gained power and influence from his "Healing Powers". I think Russia was not better off after the revolution although many people's living conditions improved. There were many people after living in devastation and trauma for the revolution. And it teaches the people of today persistent inequality can lead to revolution.