Katie Felton
Mr. Haskell
World History
11 March 2005
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION STUDY GUIDE
Soviet- soviets are councils of workers and soldiers. At first the soviets worked democratically but then the Bolsheviks took charge.
command economy- A command economy is an economy where the government officials made all the basic economic decisions. Under Stain the government owned all businesses and had command economy over them.
Collective- A collective is a large farm owned and operated by peasants as a group. Stalin forced peasants to give up their private plats and live on either state-owned farms or on collectives.
Kulak- Kulaks are wealth peasants. Stalin sought to destroy the kulaks.
totalitarian state- A totalitarian
state is a one-party government that attempts to regulate every aspect of the
lives of its citizens. Stalin turned the
socialist realism- A style of art that boosted socialism by showing Soviet life in a positive light. Stalin forced artists and writers to conform to socialist realism.
Lenin- Lenin’s real name was Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov. He was born in 1780 to a middle-class family.
Osip Mandelstam- Osip was a Jewish poet. He was imprisoned, tortured and exiled for composing a satirical verse about Stalin.
Nicholas II- After the Revolution
of 1905, Nicholas had failed to solve
Gregory Rasputin- Gregory was the notorious “holy man” that Alexandra took advice from. His powerful personality helped him gain a widespread reputation as a healer.
Joseph Stalin- Stalin was a chief contender for the leadership spot along with Trotsky. He was a shrewd political operator and behind-the-scenes organizer.
Stalin's 5 Year Plan- Stalin’s first five-year plan was
aimed at building heavy industry, improving transportation, and increasing fra output. Stalin wanted to make the
socialist realism- A style of art that boosted socialism by showing Soviet life in a positive light. Stalin forced artists and writers to conform to socialist realism
totalitarian state- A totalitarian
state is a one-party government that attempts to regulate every aspect of the
lives of its citizens. Stalin turned the
Anna Akhmatova- Akhmatova was one of
V.I. Lenin- Lenin brought socialism to the
Mikhail Sholokhov- Sholokhov was a great Russian writer. She wrote And Quiet Flows the Don.
Joseph Stalin- Although Stalin’s power was absolute, he harbored obsessive fears that rival party leaders were plotting against hem. In 1943, he launched the Great Purge.
Leon Trotsky- Trotsky was a chief contenders for the leadership spot along with Stalin. He was a brilliant Marxist thinker, a skillful speaker, and an architect of the Bolshevik Revolution.
socialist revolution
Bolshevik Revolution- Lenin and Bolsheviks overthrew the provisional government. To the Russian people Lenin and the Bolsheviks promised “Peace, Land and Bread.”
Lenin's New Economic Policy- Lenin’s new economic policy allowed some capitalist ventures. The government kept control of banks, foreign trade, and large industries but small businesses were allowed to reopen for private profit.
Stalin- Stalin was a very brutal and cold leader. Secret police files reveal that at least four million people were purged during the Stalin years.
Stalin's 5 Year Plan- Stalin’s five-year plans set high production goals, especially for heavy industry an transportation/ The government pushed workers and managers to meet these goals by giving bonuses to those who succeeded- and by punishing those who did not.
The arts under Stalin- Stalin forced artists and writers to conform to a style called socialist realism. Popular themes for socialist-realists artists were peasants, workers, heroes of the revolution and Stalin.
List three causes of the 1917 revolution in Russia- Three
causes were food shortages, the fact that they were in a world war and the
absolute power of the Czar. The people of