Rockridge Social Studies
the history place
Russian Revolution Review
Ivan the Terrible
Peter the Great
"Window on Europe"
Serfdom
Catherine the Great
The Decembrists
Nicholas I
Alexander II
Nihilists
Will of the People
Alexander III
Russification
Nicholas II
Czarina Alexandra
Czaravitch Alexis
Grigori Rasputin
Prince Yusupov
Winter Palace
Faberge Eggs
Karl Marx
Communist Manifesto
Das Kapital
Proletarians
Bourgeoisie
The Social Democratic Labour Party
George Plekhanov
Mensheviks
Bolsheviks
Constitutional Democrats
Russo-Japanese War
Treaty of Portsmouth
1905 Revolution
Father Gapon
Cossacks
Potemkin
Soviets
October Manifesto
Duma
Stolypin
Battle of Tannenburg
St Petersburg (a.k.a. Petrograd, a.k.a. Leningrad) Provisional Government
Prince George Lvov
Alexander Kerensky
July Riots
Leon Trotsky
Red Guard (Red Army)
General Kornilov
October (Bolshevik) Revolution
Julian and Gregorian calender
Aurora
Women's Battalion of Death
Smolny Institute
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Constituent Assembly
Communist Uprisings Around Globe
Bela Kun
Karl Liebhnecht and Spartacist revolt
Communist International (Cominterm)
Russian Civil War
Red Army (Red Russian)
White Army (White Russian)
International involvement
Czech Legion
Trans-Siberian Railway
Alexander Kolchak
Ekaterinburg
Yakov Yurovsky
Anna Anderson
Cheka (Secret Police)
Red Terror
War Communism
Nationalize
Collectivize
Kronstadt Rebellion
New Economic Policy (NEP)
Five Year Plan
Kulaks
Primogeniture
Concepts to Understand
-
Why is Russia an unlikely candidate as a country?
-
Where did Marx believe that revolution had to develop? Why?
-
Identify and give the significance of the Russo-Japanese War.
-
What made the 1905 revolution different from the others?
-
How did Nicholas II undermine his own power during the early stages of revolution in Russia?
-
What was Lenin's role in orchestrating revolution in Russia?
-
What did Lenin mean by "peace, bread, and land?"
-
While Kerensky's intentions were generally good, why did he ultimately fail in gaining support of the Russian people?
-
Everytime is seemed as though Lenin was going to lose control and power over Russia, how did he regain it?
-
What events triggered Lenin to end "War Communism" and to adopt the "New Economic Policy".
-
How did WC differ from NEC?
-
How did Stalin maneuver his way into power?