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Revolutions in Russia

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  • Why didn't Kerensky have a strong govenrment?
    Because he continued to fight in WW1.
  • Why did the workers unionise?
    To try and better their standard of living.
  • What was the White Army?
    A group of opponents of the Bolsheviks. They supported the Czar.
  • What were the two groups of Russian Marxists in 1903?
    Mensheviks and Bolsheviks.
  • What did Marxists believe?
    That the workers would overthrow the czar and rule the country.
  • What did The Bolshevik Revolution consist of?
    A revolutionary group taking over the government and taking power.
  • How did Alexander III attack minorities?
    By erasing their culture.
  • 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).
  • What was the problem with the factories of industrialization?
    Poor work conditions, low wages, child labor.
  • What did Lenin order with farmland?
    For it to be distributed amongs peasants.
  • What were soviets?
    Local councils.
  • What was one of the biggest Russian Industries?
    Steel.
  • Why was it difficult for Czar Nicholas II to continue with the old autocracy?
    Because the social context in Russia was changing.
  • What happened in Russia in the year 1917?
    A female worker protest led to the abdication of the Czar's throne.
  • How did Alexander III fight revolutionaries?
    Using censorship, violence, having a secret police.
  • Why did the Bolsheviks rename their party to the "Communist" party?
    To reflect Karl Marx's ideas of a classless society.
  • Was Stalin a democratic leader?
    No, he was known as a strong dictator.
  • Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks?
    Vladimir Lenin.
  • What usually happened in Siberia?
    Labor camps / Prisons.