Key words - 1914

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Tsar
- Name given to the ruler of Russia. In 1914 this was Tsar Nicholas II
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Autocrat
- A ruler with complete power
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Okhrana
- The Tsar's secret police
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Duma
- The Russian parliament
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Redemption payments
- money peasants had to pay for their freedom
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Tsarina
- The Tsar's wife, she was German
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Mensheviks
- Wanted extreme change through violent
action. Russian peasants supported them
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Bolsheviks
- Lead by Lenin and believed that the
revolution should be led by a few as allowing everyone to have a say would be too slow
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Liberals
- Believed all workers should have a say in the decisions
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Social Democrats
- Wanted a parliament and to share power
with the Tsar. Middle class Russians would
have supported them
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Provisional Government
- The Provisional Government was formed in Petrograd in 1917 by the Provisional
Committee of the State Duma.
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- A ruler with complete power

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Autocrat

Card 3

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- The Tsar's secret police

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Card 4

Front

- The Russian parliament

Back

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Card 5

Front

- money peasants had to pay for their freedom

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