Revolutionary Movements and Key Figures Flashcard

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What is the term used for workers in a revolutionary context?

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Proletariat

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Who led the group of revolutionaries known as the Bolsheviks?

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Vladimir Lenin

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Who was the first ruler of the Soviet Union?

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Vladimir Lenin

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Who was Rasputin?

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An eccentric monk

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Who led the provisional government in Russia?

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Alexander Kerensky

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What is a 'soviet'?

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A local governing council

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Which party practices the ideas of Karl Marx and Lenin?

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Communist Party

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Who took control of the Communist Party after Lenin?

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Joseph Stalin

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What is totalitarianism?

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A government with total control over people's lives

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What was the Great Purge?

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Arrest, exile, or killing of suspected enemies of the Communist Party