History of Russia Questions

Name for the January 1905 incident where a huge throng of St. Petersburg workers marched on the czar's palace to present him with a long list of demands. They wanted a voice in the government and were upset about the defeat to Japan in the Russo-Japanese War. The peaceful march was met by troops who opened fire.

In the mid-1800s, Russian peasants were still known as this, they were peasants tied to the nobles' land in a feudal system that the rest of Europe had abandoned long ago.

Russian czar who greatly reduced educational opportunities, weakened the regional assemblies, and tried to bring the peasants' communes under closer control. He also stepped up censorship and the surveillance of revolutionary groups.

Personal freedoms that are protected by the law from the actions of a government

An economic system in which a nation's land, natural resources, industries, and other means of production are owned collectively or are controlled by the state.

Russian Style of government under Alexander III and nicholas II, in which political parties were outlawed and had operated in secret. However, they became legal in 1905.

Russia's elected national legislature. The first group was elected in March 1906

A major revolutionary party in Russia founded in 1898. They believed that Russia's future lay with industrialization and a society built around the industrial working class

Country whose population doubled between 1850 and 1900. The fastest growth rate of all the Great Powers of Europe.

The Russian political party was founded in 1901. It called for the czar's overthrow and the seizure and redistribution of all land to the peasants. Its members believed that Russian society should be based on the type of socialism and equality found in peasants communes.

The provisional government members came mostly from this social class.

The civil war caused Lenin to introduce this economic policy. The government took over all private businesses and industries and dictated what was to be produced. The peasants were forced to provide grain and other produce so that Russia cities and the army could be fed.

At first Russians _______ their involvement in War World I, but protested it after economic hardships.

This policy replaced and relaxed the extreme economic policies. Taxes replaced the requirement that peasants provide the government with food. Farm products could now be freely bought, sold, and traded.

Provisional Government versus the All-Russian Soviets in petrograd. This system contributed to the chaos that developed, as peasants seized land, soldiers deserted, and ethic minorities demanded self rule.

Alexander III died in 1894 and was succeeded by this son, who inspired neither the fear nor the respect that his father had commanded and would be the last czar of Russia

Czars who came to the throne in 1855 and saw danger in continuing serfdom. He started: "it is better to abolish serfdom from above," he told Moscow's nobles in 1856, "then to wait until serfs begin to liberate themself from below." His policies inspired revolutionary groups to form because critical public discussion of political and social issues was encouraged. He was assassinated in 1881.

Karl Marx's "working class" of Russia. He claimed they would revolt and establish a socialist state.

Workers in russia industrial centers that formed councils _____. Each one consisted of elected delegates from all the factories and workshops in the city or town. They organized strikes and negotiated with employers and police

Lenin faced major unrest as well as civil war and the communists used extreme measures known as ______ to stay in power. He ordered the secret police to arrest any person suspected of being an enemy of the revolution.