Tag: russia, 1905-41
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Who were the Proletariat?
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Politically exposed person
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Peasants
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Industrial working-class people
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Army officers
- Proletariat were the industrial working class people.
- Lenin argued that in Russia professional revolutionaries, like himself, would need to educate the Proletariat to adapt to the communist ideas.
Who led the Whites in the civil war?
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Lenin and Trotsky
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Generals Yudenich, Denikin and Admiral Kolchak.
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The Tsar
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Trotsky and General Yudenich
- In 1918, Russia was divided into two forces. The Reds and the Whites. The Whites were opposed to the Bolshevik rule.
- They were led by Generals Yudenich and Denikin and Admiral Kolchak.
Where is Lenins embalmed body kept?
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Red Square, Moscow
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The Moscow Kremlin, Moscow
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State Historical Museum, Moscow
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Armoury Chamber, Moscow
- In 1924 Lenin died and his body was embalmed i.e it was preserved using chemicals.
- It was placed on permanent display in Red Square Moscow where it remains, heavily guarded, today.
Who led the Reds in the civil war?
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Yudenich
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Denikin
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Trotsky
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Kolchak
- In 1918, Russia was divided into two forces. The Reds and the Whites.
- The Reds were made up of Bolsheviks and was led by Trotsky.
Name the party led by Vladimir Lenin.
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White Army
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Black Hundreds
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United Russia
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Bolsheviks
- Lenin had fled Russia but as World War One began to go badly and the Tsar was overthrown, he returned to lead his party called Bolsheviks.
- With the help of the party members, he led a revolution and established the world’s first communist state.
Which force was opposed to the Bolshevik rule?
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The Tsar
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The Reds
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The Whites
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German
- The Whites were opposed to the Bolshevik rule. These included the Tsarists and other political parties.
- There were also former landowners and army officers and armies of other powers, such as the French and British.
Who won the civil war in Russia?
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White Army
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The Tsar
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Bolsheviks
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Political parties
- Although Lenin had overthrown the Russian government, he did not defeat all opposition to communist rule.
- As a result, a civil war broke out in Russia which was ultimately won by the Bolsheviks party led by Lenin.
Who led the revolution to bring communism to Russia?
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Frederick Engels
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Karl Marx
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Vladimir Lenin
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Nicholas II
- Vladimir Lenin led the revolution to bring communism to Russia.
- The revolution was to replace the capitalism in Russia by establishing a system where everyone would work for the common good.
In which year was the White Army defeated?
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1921
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1919
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1920
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1922
By November 1920, the White Army was defeated. Over 800000 soldiers had died along with an estimated 8 million civilians, as a result of famine and disease the war brought with it.
Who executed the Tsar and his entire family?
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The White Army
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Germans
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Bolsheviks
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The French
- In the summer of 1918, the White Army was approaching Yekaterinburg, where the Tsar and his family were under house arrest.
- The Bolsheviks decided to execute the Tsar and his entire family.