History of Russia Questions

Major criticisms for capitalism is that it puts too much power in the minority, AKA _________

Animal Farm is an allegory corresponding to the _________ and the following _________

The leader of the Bolsheviks was ______________

The ____________This group was made up of the workers, the peasants, the "common people"The ____________This group was comprised of the wealthy, aristocratic families; nobles and lords under the Czarist system

_______:Impassioned, ruthless leader; was the general secretary to the Central Committee in 1922

As Lenin fell ill, there began a power struggle between __________________.

_______ derived his beliefs from the writings of Karl Marx

Leon Trotsky:Was a fellow revolutionary alongside Lenin; Was one of primary founders of the Socialist state in Russia. ________ held differing opinions on many things with Lenin, but they ultimately co-existed.

Lenin ruled as the head of the Bolsheviks, alongside Trotsky, Stalin, and a few lesser officers, until his death in ______. The official cause of death was listed as complications from ________, but there remains some debate about his true cause of death

________ is a political ideology that seeks to establish a world without social classes or state structures

The official account, according to the Soviets___________ launches an attack at 9:45 p.m. Lenin fires a blank shot which signals the troops to march on the Winter Palace, which was under the guardianship of ________, ________, and a women's battalion.

The Winter Palace is taken by ________

When did the bolsheviks seize power from the Tsars?

The Winter Palace was the seat of the Provisional government (Petrograd is known today as ________)

The Council of People's Commissars began to arrest the leaders of opposition partiesThis included many of the ________ Revolutionary Party members as well as the Menshevik leaders

_______ said "You are pitiful isolated individuals; you are bankrupts; your role is played out. Go where you belong from now on - in the dustbin of history!"

Congress elects a Council of People's __________ as the basis of a new Soviet Government

The Decree on ________ sanctioned the actions of peasants who seized private lands and redistributed it among themselves.

At the same time, workers in Russia began to organize and form councilsThese workers felt that the provisional government was no better than the rule of the Czar

There was pushback from the representatives on the right as well as the ____________ (which means minority)