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RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONS

RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONS. Terms. TERMS. DECEMBERIST REVOLT – Decemberists tried to overthrow Nicholas I; resulted in 100s of revolutionaries exiled to Siberia; czar forced Jews to Germany REVOLUTION OF 1905 – began as a result of Bloody Sunday; forced the czar to create a Duma

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RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONS

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  1. RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONS Terms

  2. TERMS • DECEMBERIST REVOLT – Decemberists tried to overthrow Nicholas I; resulted in 100s of revolutionaries exiled to Siberia; czar forced Jews to Germany • REVOLUTION OF 1905 – began as a result of Bloody Sunday; forced the czar to create a Duma • MARCH REVOLUTION - people rioted and went on strike because of food shortages; forced czar Nicholas II to abdicate the throne

  3. BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION – Socialist Revolution led by Lenin; leaders believed in the teachings of Marx; Cheka created to destroy opposition; brought communism to Russia • BLOODY SUNDAY – the day Father Gapon and followers were shot at by the czar’s army as they marched to the palace; began the Revolution of 1905 • COMMUNISM – classless society where everyone’s needs are taken care of; government controls politics, society and industry

  4. CHEKA – created to destroy opposition during the Bolshevik Revolution • DUMA – czar created the government body during Rev. of 1905 to make changes • COMMUNIST MANIFESTO – written by Marx and Engles • RED ARMY – set up by Leon Trotsky; opposed by the White Army (anti-communists) • TREATY OF BREST-LETOVSK – ended Russia’s involvement in WWI

  5. SOVIETS – government bodies set up to challenge the existing government during the March Rev. • PETROGRAD – originally St. Petersburg; sounded too German • MOSCOW – the capital of Russia • SIBERIA – Northeastern region of Russia where 150,000 people exiled after the Decemberist Revolt

  6. PEOPLE • NICHOLAS I – took over the throne when Alexander I suddenly died; forced Jews to Germany during Decemberist Revolt • NICHOLAS II – abdicated the throne during the March Revolution of 1917 • FATHER GAPON – lead a group to palace to ask Nicholas II for better working condition, while they were on their way they were shot at Bloody Sunday

  7. KARL MARX – wrote Communist Manifesto; father of communism • FREIDRICK ENGLES – wrote Communist Manifesto with Marx • VLADIMIR LENIN – lead the Socialist Revolution known as the Bolshevik Revolution • LEON TROTSKY – trained the Red Army during the Bolshevik Revolution

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