Russian Revolution

• Russia was ruled by the Romanov Family
• Russia was ruled by Nicholas ll and his wife Alexandra
• Czar and Czarina mean king and princess
• During WW1 Nicholas ll wanted to take charge in the war for some odd reason
• Alexandra was in charge of Russia for Nicholas ll
• Defeats in WW1 showed flaws in Russias government, the czar system and the military
• Soldiers began to mutiny
• What is mutiny

  To rebel against leaders
• A crazy priest Rasputin had influence under Czarina Alexandra
• Rasputin was blamed for the government issues and was assassinated
• 10,000 women chanted "Peace with bread" and "Down with autocracy"
• Duma an legislative branch forced the czar to to step down
• Petrograd before was St. Petersburg
• Duma still put Russia in WW1 for the "honor" lol
• Nicholas ll's son got hemophilia which prevents blood clots from forming, causing Rasputins odd magic
• Bolsheviks were an extremist political party under Lenins revolutionists ideas. Revolution or nothing.
• Mensheviks were a tamer political party, just wanting socialism and Lenin not destroying Russia
• The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ended Russias participation in WW1
• Communism is was a political theory made by Karl Marx which the population was paid by their needs and abilities
• The White Army was a collective name and army for anti-Bolsheviks.
• The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or The USSR was a treaty in 1912 and a country under communism with several countries from Eastern Europe in it.
• The Red Army or The Workers and Peasants Red Army was the main military force of the Soviet Union