The emperor of Russia before 1917. (Tsar Nicholas II)
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Define Autocracy.
A system of government in which one person has absolute control.
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Define Kulaks.
The Kulaks were peasants in Russia who were wealthy enough to own a farm and/or hire labour.
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Define Russian Orthodox.
The autocephalous Eastern Church in Russia: the branch of the Orthodox Church that constituted the established church in Russia until 1917
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Define Social Revolutionaries.
The highest class in certain societies, particularly those holding titles and offices.
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Define Zemstva.
A form of local government instituted during the great Liberal reforms performed in imperial Russia.
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Define Lenin.
Lenin was the first leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Bolsheviks leader.
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Define Bolsheviks.
Group formed in 1903 after splitting with the Mensheviks. Believed in a revolution where a small group of people would take control who would then force Communism upon Russia.
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Define Mensheviks.
Group formed in 1903 after splitting with the Bolsheviks. Believed in a gradual change where the end goal would result in communism and democracy.
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Define Witte.
The highly influential Prime Minister of Russia.
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Define Stolypin.
Prime Minister of Russia from 1906 - 1911.
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Define Orkhana.
The Russian Department for protecting public security and order.
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Define Bloody Sunday.
The day a group of peacful protesters set to deliver the Tsar a petition for basic working rights at the Winter Palace. They were shot by Tsar's men upon arrival.
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Define Father Gapon.
Father Gapon led the group of protesters to the Winter Palace on Bloody Sunday.
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Define Hemophilia.
A rare blood condition the Tsar's son had resulting in his blood not being able to clot upon injury.
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Define Tsarina.
Tsar's wife, the empress on Russia.
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Define St Petersburg Soviet.
The workers council/ soviet in 1905.
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Define October Manifesto.
The October Manifesto was a document promising political reforms, issued by Tsar Nicholas II in ghd 1905 Revolution. The manifesto promised the formation of a State Duma and improvements to individual rights and freedoms.
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Define Duma.
The Russian National Parliament during Tsarist times.
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Define Fundamental Laws.
The basic law of a political unit as distinguished from the Duma.
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Define Rasputin.
A Russian peasant, mystical faith healer, and trusted friend of the family of Nicholas II, especially his wife.
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Define Romanov.
The second dynasty, after the House of Rurik, to rule over Russia, and reigned from 1613 until the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II on March 15, 1917, as a result of the February Revolution.
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Define Petrograd.
The Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies was a city council of Petrograd (Saint Petersburg), the capital of the Russian Empire.
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Define Tannenberg.
The Battle of Tannenberg which ended in a German victory over the Russians in the early days of World War I.
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Define Food Shortages.
Shortage specific to food (not necessarily long term or leading to starvation, but not filling demand for speed, quantity, or type of edible goods)
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Define Bread Queues.
A line of people waiting to receive food given by a charitable organization or public agency.
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Define Putilov Steelworks.
The Putilov Strike of 1917 is the name given to the strike led by the workers of the Putilov Mill (presently the Leningrad Kirov Plant) which was located in then Petrograd, Russia
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Define Abdication.
An act of renouncing the throne.
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Define Provisional Government.
A provisional government also called an interim or transitional government is an emergency governmental authority set up to manage a political transition or following the collapse of the previous government.
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Define Autocracy.
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A system of government in which one person has absolute control.
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