History of Russia Questions

Which Soviet leader began his "rule" with a famous "Secret Speech," in which he disclosed the crimes of his predecessor's era?

The policies of glasnost and perestroika were introduced after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Which leader famously introduced the term "new thinking"?

This man decided to bring Russia into WWI and was the last Romanov czar of Russia.

This mysterious "holy man" held Czarina Alexandra in his spell by seeming to heal her son Alexis,until a group of Russian nobles murdered him.

Russia's defeat in this military action sparked unrest at home and led to the racist belief in the"Yellow Peril."

This was the longest continuous rail line system in the world in 1916.

This small group of committed revolutionaries masterminded the revolution in Nov.1917.

He was the major leader of the Bolsheviks and the first Communist leader of Russia.

This was the influential local council of workers, peasants, and soldiers, formed by socialrevolutionaries in cities such as Petrograd.

This type of organized violence against Jews was encouraged by Alexander III.

This man's writings in which the workers rule in a classless society are the basis for Communism inthe world.

This government was overthrown by the Bolshevik Revolution.

This body, Russia's first parliament, urged the government to move toward a constitutionalmonarchy.

After the assassination of this czar's reform minded father by revolutionaries, he was determined tostrengthen "autocracy, orthodoxy, and nationality."

This man was returned to Russia courtesy of the Germans in a sealed railway boxcar.

This army, led by Lenin, ultimately won the Russian civil war.

What reforms did the Tsar introduce in 1905 following an attempted revolution? Were these reforms effective?

How did the Soviets want to approach the war now that the Tsar was gone?

What caused the downfall of the provisional government in October 1917?