After suffering huge losses during the first year of the Great War, the Russian czar, Nicholas II, went to the front to lead his military. He left his wife, czarina Alexandra, in charge of domestic affairs. In turn, she relied on the advice of the 'mad monk', Gregory _______.

_____ refers to when protests over food shortages boiled over into riots and revolution. This prompted Czar Nicholas II to abdicate as emperor in 1917.

In St. Petersburg (Petrograd) and other cities, revolutionaries set up councils of workers and soldiers. These councils were known as ________. These bodies led workers, organized strikes, and fought the government of the Russian Empire politically and militarily.

At first, the Soviets worked democratically. But before long, the _______, a radical socialist group, took charge, led by Vladimir Lenin.

The brother of _____ _____ was arrested and hanged for plotting to kill the tsar when he was 17. This resulted in his family being branded a threat to the state and this young man hating the government.

In November 1917, squads of ____ _____ (armed factory workers), representing Lenin and the Bolsheviks, joined mutinous sailors from the Russian fleet in attacking the provisional government. In just a matter of days, the government was overthrown.

After the Bolsheviks seized power in 1917, they ended _____ ______ of land and distributed land to peasants. Workers were given control of factories and mines. A new red flag with an entwined hammer and sickle symbolized the union between workers and peasants.

What contributed to the unpopular opinion of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna among Russians?

A weakness of the Russian military during World War I was ____. Select all the correct answers.

In response to a lack of equipment, the Russian War Ministry considered arming military units with long-handled axes.

The two rival powers left in Russia after Czar Nicholas abdicated in 1917 were ______ and _______?

Lenin and the Bolsheviks gave land to peasants and factories to workers as they instituted ______ ideology.

What is a Soviet?

Which Marxist term refers to the poorest social class?

What event marked the end of Romanov rule and the creation of the Russian Republic under a Provisional Government?

Who invented communism?

___ are the people in a society who own the 'means of production', according to Marxist Communism.

Which of the following was not a cause of the Russian Revolution?

____ was the leader of the revolutionary Bolsheviks (Communists) and is credited with founding the Soviet Union.

The major result of the February (March) Revolution was _____.

What is a Duma?

According to Marxist philosophy, ____ refers to the members of society whose economic value is their labor power (their capacity to work).

The Bolsheviks later renamed themselves as?

This form of government is described as having no private ownership, no class system, and no religious organizations. Everything is distributed equally.

The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 was a major turning point in history because...

A call for ______ was a major reason many Russian people supported the Bolsheviks in the November 1917 revolution.

"... The replacement of the bourgeois by the proletarian state is impossible without a violent revolution ..."

— V. I. Lenin, State and Revolution, 1917

This quotation is associated with the principles of...

Which group of people revolted against the Russian Revolutionary Provisional Government in 1917?

According to Marxist philosophy, _______ is the capitalist class who own most of society's wealth and means of production.

Whom did the White Army represent during the Russian Civil War?

What is the name of the Russian labor camps created by Lenin?

Who ruled Russia as a dictator after Lenin?

___ were a socialist revolutionary group who staged a coup and overthrew the Russian provisional government in 1917. This group became the Communist Party.

___ was the secret police of the Bolsheviks in the early Soviet Union. They policed labor camps, conducted requisitions of food, and put down rebellions by workers and peasants.

The Russian Civil War involved the intervention of ____ different foreign nations.

The Soviet Russian army successfully occupied and gained control of ___ after World War I.

___ refers to an economic policy applied by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War. It involved the expropriation of private businesses, the nationalization of industry, and the forced requisition of food products from the peasantry.

It is estimated that Russian efforts to modernize farming through 'collectivization' resulted in approximately ___ deaths due to mismanagement and famine, violent reprisals for non-compliance, and purges during the early years of 'communism'.