Kevin Beadle
Mr. Haskell
World History
6 March 2006
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION STUDY GUIDE
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Soviet- Councils of workers and soldier. Soviets worked democratically within the government at first.
Command Economy- The government officials made all basic economic decision. The government owned all business and allocated financial and other resources under Stalin.
Collective- Large farms owned and operated by peasants as a group. All farm animals and implements were to be turned over to the collective.
Kulak- Wealthy peasants. Stalin sought to destroy them and the government confiscated the kulaks’ land and sent them to labor camps.
Totalitarian State- A one-party dictatorship attempts to regulate every aspect of the lives of its citizens.
Socialist Realism- Artistic style whose goal was to promote socialism by showing Soviet life in a positive light. Stalin forced this style of art.
Lenin- He spread Marxist ideas among factory workers along with other socialist. Lenin believed that only a revolution could bring a change.
Osip Mandelstam- A Jewish poet who was imprisoned, tortured, and exiled for composing a satirical verse about Stalin. He later gave an Ode to Stalin.
Nicholas II- Czar of Russia who went to the front in WWI. He also left domestic affairs to the czarina Alexandra.
Gregory Rasputin- He helped ease the suffering of Alexandra’s son Alexis from hemophilia. Rasputin was poisoned and shot but he died from drowning in the Neva River.
Joseph Stalin- Stalin took control of Russia after Lenin died in 1924. He won leadership over Trotsky by isolating him and sending him into exile.
Stalin's 5 Year Plan- The plan aimed for building heavy industry, improving transportation, and increasing farm output. Command economy was developed by the Soviet Union to achieve the economic growth.
Socialist Realism- Artistic style whose goal was to promote socialism by showing Soviet life in a positive light. Stalin forced this style of art.
Totalitarian State- A one-party dictatorship attempts to regulate every aspect of the lives of its citizens.
Anna Akhmatova- Her poetry fell out of favor because they did not stress communist ideas. She wrote her poetry in secret after.
V.I. Lenin- Vladimir Ilyich Ulynov was born in 1870. His older brother was arrested and hanged for plotting to kill Alexander III.
Mikhail Sholokhov- She wrote And Quiet Flows the Don which passed the censor. Sholokhov became one of the few to win the Nobel Prize for literature.
Joseph Stalin- He was Russia’s dictator. Stalin launched the Great Purge which created fear in Russia.
Leon Trotsky- His passionate speeches roused soldiers to fight in the Red Army. Trotsky urged worldwide revolution against capitalism.
Socialist Revolution- Workers and troops were going on strike in Petrograd which led the government helpless. The Bolsheviks later took charge of the revolution.
Bolshevik Revolution- The Bolsheviks took over the government and quickly seized power in other cities. Millions of Russians thought they had won control of their lives but it did not.
Lenin's New Economic Policy- He adopted the New Economic Policy or NEP. This allowed some capitalism in which small businesses were allowed to reopen for private profiting.
Stalin- Stalin took control of Russia after Lenin died in 1924. He won leadership over Trotsky by isolating him and sending him into exile.
Stalin's 5 Year Plan- The plan aimed for building heavy industry, improving transportation, and increasing farm output. Command economy was developed by the Soviet Union to achieve the economic growth.
The arts under Stalin- He enforced socialist realism. The goal was to boost socialism by showing its positive side.
List three causes of the 1917 revolution in Russia- Disasters on the battlefield, food and fuel shortages, and strikes against the government.