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Russian revolutions
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- 1KulakWealthy peasants that owned lands and that were considered capitalists.
- 2BolshevicksMembers of the Social Workers' Party.
Their leader was Lenin.
- 3GulagPrison camps where people who were against Stalin and the Party were sent.
- 4SovietSocialist council or assembly formed mainly by workers.
- 5DumaIt was an elective legislative assembly with limited power.
- 6NEPNew economic policy introduced by Lenin in order to recover the economy after the war.
- 7StalinHe was the totalitarian leader who ruled after Lenin. People feared him as much as they loved him.
- 8ChekaSecret police that tortured and killed anyone who was against Stalin.
- 9Treaty of Brest-LitovskIt was signed the 3rd of March of 1918 by Russia, Germany, Bulgaria, Austria and the Ottoman Empire to end the war.
- 10"PEACE, BREAD AND LAND"It was Lenins slogan that promised peasants lands and factories to the industrial workers.
- 11Red GuardIt was a military force formed by soldiers and industrial workers that was led by Trotsky. They fought for Lenin.
- 12White ArmyIt was an army formed by Russians who were against Lenin, like the bourgeoise, in order to fight the Red Guard.
- 13Soviet PropagandaIt showed Stalin as the loving and strong father of the Nation and thanked him for everything, from good harvests to victories in wars.
- 14Totalitarian leadersLenin (1917-1924)
Stalin (1924-1953)
Nikita Kruschev - 15Grigori RasputinHe was a very important friend of the Royal family. He was known for his healing and prophetic abilities.
- 16April thesesWhen Lenin came back from his exile he made ten theses in order to change peoples ideas and to give the power to the proletariat.
- 17Dimitri Pavlovich and Prince Felix YusupovThey were the ones who murdered Grigori Rasputin, first by trying to poison him with cyanide and then, by shooting him and throwing him into the river.
- 18Food shortagesDuring the wars Russia was in, the country didn't have enough food since most peasants had to go fight in the war.
- 19Tzar Nicolas IIHe was the Tzar during the first Russian revolution and he abdicated during the second Russian revolution when the soldiers would't obey him anymore.
- 20Stalins 5 year planIn 1928 Stalin introduced a 5 year plan to increase the industrial production. Even though the production of coal, iron, oil and electricity increased there were famines and millions of people died.
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- Flashcards on Russian revolutions, created by Serena Blanco Garcia on 16/03/2018.
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