Russian Revolution Vocabulary

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Czar/Tsar

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an emperor of Russia before 1917.

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Proletariat

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The working class

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Bourgeoisie

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The Middle Class of Russia

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Romanov

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Czarist royal family who ruled Russia for 3 centuries

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Bolsheviks

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A party of revolutionary Marxists, led by Vladimir Lenin, who seized power in Russia in 1917.

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Totalitarian

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Form of government in which a one-party dictatorship regulates every aspect of the lives of its citizens

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Communism

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a political and economic theory or belief that the means of production should be controlled by the government.

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March Revolution

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Strike in Petrograd, Czar abdicates and loses his power

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October Revolution

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Communist led revolution that started the Russian Civil War

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Czar Nicholas II

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Absolute Monarch and last Czar of Russia