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| weak, ineffectual Czar of Russia at the start of the Russian Revolution |
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| German born Czarina of Russia at the start of the Russian Revolution |
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| dynasty that ruled Russia since 1613 |
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| elected body set up after the Revolution of 1905 that had no real power |
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| Marxists and Revolutionaries |
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| people who tried to overthrow the czarist regime and ignite revolution in the proletariat |
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| the growing class of factory and railroad workers, miners, and urban wage earners |
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| strained Russian resources, transportation, and caused many deaths |
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| illiterate peasant and self - proclaimed "holy man" who the czarina trusted and he ran the weak government; was killed by Russian nobles in December 1916 |
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| new name of St. Petersbrg |
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| the Czar abdicating after bread riots |
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| councils of workers and soldiers that worked democratically within the government at first |
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| radical socialist group that took charge of the soviets; means "majority" |
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| V.I. Lenin (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov) |
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| daughter of a poor noble family who was arrested with Lenin and got married in exile in Siberia |
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| committed Marxist revolutionary who assisted Lenin in furthering the revolution |
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| what was promised to the hungry, war-weary Russian people by Lenin and the Bolsheviks |
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| armed factory workers and mutinous sailors from the Russian fleet who attacked the provisional government in November 1917 |
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| palace in Petrograd where the Bolsheviks stormed in November 1917 |
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| November 1917 when Bolsheviks took over the provisional government without any bloodshed |
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| the Bolshevik's new capital with the Kremlin as their headquarters |
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| the former czarist center of government in Moscow, and the Bolshevik's new headquarters |
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| red flag with an entwined hammer and sickle |
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| new communist flag that symbolized the union between peasants and workers |
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| treaty signed by Lenin in March 1918 to ensure peace with Germany |
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| Communist nickname in the Russian Civil War |
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| Counterrevolutionary nickname in the Russian Civil War |
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| Poland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania |
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| countries that fought with the Whites successfully |
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| Ukraine, the Caucasus, and Central Asia |
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| countries the fought with the Whites unsuccessfully |
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| secret police force organized by the Communists who executed ordinary citizens and killed the czar's whole family |
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| severe policy adopted by the Communists that took over businesses and opressed peasants |
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| Communist party officials assigned to the army to teach party principles and ensure party loyalty - policies included much violence |
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| Russian writer who was a friend of Lenin and supported revolution, but opposed the severities of war communism |
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