Match the following words/ phrases to their correct “definitions”. Key:
1. Karl Marx
2. Leninism
3. Bolshevik Party
4. Soviets
5. Nicholas II
6. Duma
7. Violent Strikes
8. WW1
9. October Revolution
10. February Revolution
11. Petrograd Government
12. Provisional Government
13. Red Guards
14. Green Guards
15. White Guards
16. The Red Terror
Definitions:
A. Predicted that when workers had been driven deep into poverty as a result of this system, they would revolt and establish a socialist state, in which people collectively own the means of production
B. A communist Group
C. An elected national legislature which was a written constitution and granted the people basic civil liberties.
D. This is where the 400-year-old monarchy was removed and a new one was put into place.
E. An Anti-communist group
F. Group supported by peasants
G. Russia was not prepared for this and put an even deeper strain on their government, economy, and society all while they are going through revolutions.
H. A government that was created by Lenin and eventually overthrew the original government in Russia.
I. This person was the original leader of the Russian government and was eventually overthrown by Lenin.
J. The original government
K. Lenin told police to arrest and kill anyone who went against the new government, this totaled around 300,000 people.
L. This is when the revolutions turned into a Civil War.
M. An adoption of Marxism which argued that Russian workers did not yet have the class consciousness they needed to launch a revolution.
N. This occurred all across Russia following Nicholas II changing his mind about allowing the elected national legislature.
O. The new government created by the Soviets.
P. Workers in Russia’s industrial centers formed councils that had elected delegates from different factories/ workshops to represent workers.