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.
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