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Russian Revolution

Key Terms and People

1. Czar Nicholas II2. Kronstadt 3. Duma4. Alexandery Kerensky5. Soviets6. Bolsheviks7. V.I. Lenin

8. L. Trotsky9. Treaty of Brest-Litovsk10. Russian Civil War11. Reds12. Whites13. Cheka

Learning Objectives:

Explain the crises that paved the way for the March Revolution and the end of czarist rule. Summarize the Bolshevik Revolution and its outcome.

Russian Revolution in Color-comprehension questions:

Day 1:

1. What caused the citizens of Petrograd (St. Petersburg) to rise up against the Czarist government?

2. What is the name of the island naval base in Petrograd where the sailors/troops organized their own Soviets?

3. Who were the Cossacks?

4. Why was Czar Nicholas II not in Petrograd during the February riots?

5. What was Lenin’s 3-word slogan at the start of the revolution?

6. Why did so many Russians want to read?

7. Although Lenin and his party promised that a democratic, socialist government would be established, what kind of government was eventually put in place?

8. What was the name of the police force that Lenin appointed to punish and remove critics of the Bolshevik party?

Day 2:

1. Name 2 groups whom the Bolsheviks considered enemies of the Revolution.

2. What was the fate of the Romanov (royal) family?

3. Who did Lenin appoint to lead the Red Army?

4. What did the leaders of the White Army want?

5. After the defeat of Germany in WWI who did most of the world support Whites or Reds (circle one)

6. What foreign nations supported the White Army?

7. What was the human cost of the civil war?

8. What did the Provisional Revolutionary Committee do in 1921?

9. What happened to rebellious sailors that did not flee to Finland?