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Communist uprising in Russia.

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How did Alexander III fight revolutionaries?

Using censorship, violence, having a secret police.

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What usually happened in Siberia?

Labor camps / Prisons.

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How did Alexander III attack minorities?

By erasing their culture.

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Why was it difficult for Czar Nicholas II to continue with the old autocracy?

Because the social context in Russia was changing.

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What was one of the biggest Russian Industries?

Steel.

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What was the problem with the factories of industrialization?

Poor work conditions, low wages, child labor.

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Why did the workers unionise?

To try and better their standard of living.

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What did Marxists believe?

That the workers would overthrow the czar and rule the country.

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What were the two groups of Russian Marxists in 1903?

Mensheviks and Bolsheviks.

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Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks?

Vladimir Lenin.

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What were events that helped the Communist Revolution?

The Russo-Japanese War (competition over Korea and Manchuria), Bloody Sunday (assassination of protesters), World War I (Russia was unprepared for the war).

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What happened in Russia in the year 1917?

A female worker protest led to the abdication of the Czar's throne.

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Why didn't Kerensky have a strong govenrment?

Because he continued to fight in WW1.

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What were soviets?

Local councils.

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What did The Bolshevik Revolution consist of?

A revolutionary group taking over the government and taking power.

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What did Lenin order with farmland?

For it to be distributed amongs peasants.

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