What was the Crimean War (1854-1856)

Tsar Nicolas II liberated the serfs in 1861

The last imperial family to rule Russian

Which territories did Russia and Japan fight over?

This revolution was the "spark" or led to a series of revolutions afterwards.

Tsar Nicolas II abdicated the throne in November 1917 during the October (November) Revolution.

Vladimir Lenin was exiled from Russia, only to be sent back by Germans to stir up chaos.

Vladimir Lenin took over full control of Russia in the February (March) Revolution of 1917.

Lenin and the Bolsheviks promised what three things to the Russian people?

The Bolsheviks became known as ________________ and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (U.S.S.R) was created.

Lenin believed that there was going to be a worldwide ________.

Lenin's "New Economic Policy" allowed some private small-scale manufacturing in order to get the economy going again, despite communist beliefs.

The Russian Civil War (1919-1921) was fought between

Lenin had Tsar Nicolas II and his family exiled.

After two years of fighting, the Reds defeated the Whites.

In 1921, a famine hit Russia because

The Russian Revolution was a consequence of World War I

Who became the leader over the USSR after Lenin's death in 1924?