History of Russia Questions
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Russian tsars insisted that Russia had succeeded Byzantium the "_________," with all thatthis implied in terms of grandeur and expansionist potential.
(T/F) Three partitions in 1772, 1793, and 1795 eliminated Poland as an independent state and gave Russia the lion's share of the spoils.
Ivan III was responsible for theA) abolition of serfdom in Russia.B) military campaigns that freed much of Russia from the Mongols.C) policies of Westernization that required changes in dress among the Russian elite.D) conversion of Russia to Roman Catholicism.E) founding of the Romanov dynasty.
prime minister of the provisional government until its overthrow by the October Revolution, the Provisional government was the in-between government between the Czar and the Bolsheviks.
Following the death of Tsar Ivan IV, Russia entered a politically disturbed era known as the__________.
peaceful protests against the czar where protesters are shot by the army, forces reforms-cause of the revolution
Old Believers wereA) Russians who refused to accept tsarist reforms of the Orthodox church.B) Roman Catholics in western Russia.C) opponents of the Romanov dynasty's claims to authority.D) Russian heretics who believed in Christian dualism's divine forces of both good and evil.E) people who refused to accept any contact, no matter how minimal, between Russia and western Europe.
Creation of large, state-run farms rather than individual holdings; allowed more efficient control over peasants; part of Stalin's economic and political planning; often adopted in other Communist regimes.
Russian revolutionary and Communist theorist who helped Lenin and built up the army
a communist symbol that represents the workers and the farmers under one party rule
War between Russia and Japan; Japan wins and takes parts of Manchuria under its control.
rich peasants in the Russian empire who owned larger farms and used hire labour. They were their own class.
What does the hammer of the Soviet Union flag represent?
What does the sickle on the Soviet Union flag represent?
What two parties were against each other during this time?
How many states were there to the Russian Revolution?
Who was the first new leader of the Soviet Union?
What was the original meaning of "the Soviets"?
Which class was the Russian Revolution supposed to be for?
What were the two policy decisions which hurt the popularity of the provisional government?