UNIT ELEVEN: REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA
Unit 11: Revolutions in Russia (Chapters 23 section 5, and 28)
Terms: Define the following as they pertain to the historical topic at hand.
Term / Define / Importance (why is this significant?)Orthodoxy
Autocracy
Zemstvos
Pogroms
Bloody Sunday
The Revolution of 1905
October Manifesto
Duma
March Revolution
Soviets
November Revolution
Russian Civil War
“Reds and Whites”
War Communism
New Economic Policy
Command Economy
Five Year Plans
Collectives
Kulaks
Great Purge
Totalitarian State
People: Identify the following individuals
Individual(s) / Location / Significance/ importance to historyAlexander I
Nicholas I
Alexander II
Alexander III
Nicholas II
Peter Stolypin
Alexandra
Gregory Rasputin
Vladimir Lenin
Bolsheviks
Stalin
Charts: Complete the chart using information from class as well as your textbook.
A) Compare and contrast the leadership of Lenin and Stalin:
Unique to Stalin / Similar / Unique to LeninPrimary Sources: Use the documents to answer the following questions. Use complete sentences.
Source: Russian Newspaper, 1917
1) Why is the year the newspaper is published significant to the political mood in the cartoon?
2) What is the public attitude toward the czar? Why can you tell that from the cartoon – be specific.
3) What is going on in the background of the cartoon? Explain how the two important pieces of the background are significant to the opinion of the czar.
Summary Questions: Answer the following questions in 3+ full sentences
1) How did the czars throughout the 19th century contribute to the unrest before the Russian Revolution of 1917?
2) What factors contributed to the start of the Russian Revolutions?
3) How was communism beneficial / detrimental to the people of Russia? Explain WITH EXAMPLES (Facts you can cite in your paragraph)