Russian Revolution Overview

absolute monarch or ruler of Russia

• President
• Dictator
• Emperor
• Czar (Tsar)

 lowest class in a society, referring mostly to industrial workers

• Bourgeoisie

• Proletariat

• Bolshevik

• Romanov

a Russian mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who gained significant influence

over the Russian royal family in the early 20th century. He was able to achieve this power

and influence through a combination of his reputed ability to heal the sick and his

charismatic personality.

• Joseph Stalin
• Grigori Rasputin
• Vladimir Lenin
• Leon Trotsky

the last emperor of Russia. The rising political tensions against his leadership

led to revolutions in 1905 and 1917.

• Nicholas II
• Ivan the Terrible
• Peter the Great
• Alexander III

Founder of the Russian Communist Party, leader of the Bolshevik

Revolution of 1917, and first head of the Soviet state. 

• Leon Trotsky
• Joseph Stalin
• Vladimir Lenin
• Mikhail Gorbachev

a Soviet revolutionary and politician who was the leader of the Soviet Union 

from 1924 until his death in 1953.

• Vladimir Lenin
• Leon Trotsky
• Joseph Stalin
• Mikhail Gorbachev

a type of government as well as an economic system (a way of creating 

and sharing wealth). In this system, individual people do not own land, factories, or

machinery. Instead, the government or the whole community owns these things. Everyone is

supposed to share the wealth that they create.

• Democracy

• Fascism
• Communism
• Capitalism

What war accelerated the decline of the Russian Empire and reshaped the geopolitical landscape of East Asia?

• Crimean War
• Napoleonic Wars
• American Civil War
• Russo-Japanese War

What event occurred on January 22, 1905, that included the attack of unarmed citizens by Tsar Nicholas II's troops during a peaceful protest? Citizens were protesting for improved working conditions, civil liberties and an end to the Russo-Japanese War.

• Crimson Tuesday
• Red Monday
• Bloody Sunday
• Scarlet Wednesday

Which leader brought Russia into the Great War?

• Joseph Stalin
• Catherine the Great
• Ivan the Terrible
• Czar Nicholas II