History of Russia Questions

Nickname applied to the Ottoman Empire of the 19th and 20th century by the West regarding its decliningpower.

Area located within the Russian Empire in the North Caucasus, situated in the southernmost part of EasternEurope. In 1858 after decades of violent resistance, Chechnya was conquered by Russia. Most Chechens areSunni Muslim and have fought against Russian occupation ever since. Russia refuses to grant independenceto Chechnya because it is an important hub in the oil infrastructure containing both oil and pipelines.

Stalin's attempt to eliminate "enemies of the state" through "show trials" then imprisonment in labor camps

The Decembrists were primarily members of the upper classes who had military backgrounds; some hadparticipated in the Russian occupation of France after the Napoleonic Wars or served elsewhere in westernEurope; a few had been Freemasons, and some were members of the secret patriotic (and, later, revolutionary)societies in Russia. The Decembrists represented the elite of the military officers whose desire for greaterfreedom reflected the human desire for freedom and personal responsibility in

Lenin's replacement & creator of a totalitarian state

Peasant-farmers that were desperate for land reform in the year leading up to the Russian Revolution

Tsar of Russia from 1801 - 1825. He was born in Saint Petersburg to Emperor Paul I, and succeeded to thethrone after his father was murdered. He ruled Russia during the chaotic period of the Napoleonic Wars. Asprince and emperor, Alexander often used liberal rhetoric, but continued Russia's absolutist policies inpractice. In the first years of his reign, he initiated some minor social reforms and, in 1803-04, major, liberaleducational reforms. He promised constitutional reforms and a despe

Russia's first president after the collapse of the USSR. Believed in democracy but resigned

Peasants sent to labor camps for refusing to give their crops to the government

The day the tsar had protestors shot for asking for betting working conditions

The name of the tsar that got overthrown in February 1917

Councils of workers that fought to improve working conditions in Russia's factories

This tsar freed the serfs but got assassinated because the peasants still lived in deep poverty

Founder of the Soviet Union & the first communist dictator

Large farms owned by the Soviet government

The war that caused food shortages & a soldier's mutiny against the tsar

Leader of Russia's socialist Bolshevik Party & mastermind behind the October Revolution. Said all power should go to the Soviets. Promised Russians peace, land & bread

21.What is another name for the Revolution do 1905

Why did the Soviet government eliminate the kulaks? What were the kaiaks (peasant landowners) resisting?

22. What was overthrown by the Bolshevik Revolution?