Russian revolutions

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Flashcards on Russian revolutions, created by Serena Blanco Garcia on 16/03/2018.
Serena Blanco Garcia
Flashcards by Serena Blanco Garcia, updated more than 1 year ago
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Kulak Wealthy peasants that owned lands and that were considered capitalists.
Bolshevicks Members of the Social Workers' Party. Their leader was Lenin.
Gulag Prison camps where people who were against Stalin and the Party were sent.
Soviet Socialist council or assembly formed mainly by workers.
Duma It was an elective legislative assembly with limited power.
NEP New economic policy introduced by Lenin in order to recover the economy after the war.
Stalin He was the totalitarian leader who ruled after Lenin. People feared him as much as they loved him.
Cheka Secret police that tortured and killed anyone who was against Stalin.
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk It was signed the 3rd of March of 1918 by Russia, Germany, Bulgaria, Austria and the Ottoman Empire to end the war.
"PEACE, BREAD AND LAND" It was Lenins slogan that promised peasants lands and factories to the industrial workers.
Red Guard It was a military force formed by soldiers and industrial workers that was led by Trotsky. They fought for Lenin.
White Army It was an army formed by Russians who were against Lenin, like the bourgeoise, in order to fight the Red Guard.
Soviet Propaganda It showed Stalin as the loving and strong father of the Nation and thanked him for everything, from good harvests to victories in wars.
Totalitarian leaders Lenin (1917-1924) Stalin (1924-1953) Nikita Kruschev
Grigori Rasputin He was a very important friend of the Royal family. He was known for his healing and prophetic abilities.
April theses When Lenin came back from his exile he made ten theses in order to change peoples ideas and to give the power to the proletariat.
Dimitri Pavlovich and Prince Felix Yusupov They 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.
Food shortages During the wars Russia was in, the country didn't have enough food since most peasants had to go fight in the war.
Tzar Nicolas II He was the Tzar during the first Russian revolution and he abdicated during the second Russian revolution when the soldiers would't obey him anymore.
Stalins 5 year plan In 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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